10/7/2026 - Shmuli Goldburd / New parchment. Same Torah. New child. Same mesorah

Near the ven- very end of the Torah, we learn the final mitzvah of Kisvu Lachem Es Hasheira Hazos, and, and Chazal says, what does that mean? That you should be writing yourself your very own Sefer Torah, every single Jew.

Then we dance at Simchas Torah, we start the beginning of the Torah again, and the first mitzvah of the Torah is Peru Revu, be fruitful and multiply, start a family, start bringing in the new-- next generation into the world.

So we end the Torah with the creation of a Torah, and we begin the Torah with creating a family, creating children.

What's the connection? The Imrei Noam says that perhaps it's, no, it's sofar b'trilasan.

The end is embedded in the beginning, meaning that the to-- that the two, the two different mitzvahs are really half of the same mitzvah.

The first mitzvah says, "Make sure you have a next generation," and the last mitzvah is saying how you should make sure that the next generation knows what to live for.

But what does that mean practically? Having children guarantees that there will be another mitzvah, another generation.

But the only way that you can make sure that you have another Jewish generation is by instilling in them the Sefer Torah, by writing a Sefer Torah.

The Torah begins by teaching us how to create f- the future physically, but-- and it ends by teaching you how to create the f- the future spiritually.