Virtual Drasha: Feed The Stranger (Eikev)

Rabbi Silber's Virtual Drasha on Parshas Eikev looks at the Torah's command to love and provide for the ger, the stranger, and hears in it a message about our own neshama. He teaches that the soul itself is the real "stranger" inside us — a piece of Hashem cast into a body and a world it doesn't recognize, standing on the sidelines of our own lives while we chase our physical wants. The way to bring that stranger back to the center, he says, is to speak its language: Torah and mitzvos are the food and clothing that let the neshama finally feel at home, and that inner connection is the source of real, lasting inspiration rather than the fleeting kind that comes from outside.

• The neshama is often the true 'stranger' in our lives — a piece of Hashem living in a body and world it doesn't fully recognize.
• We often make our physical wants primary and leave our soul standing on the sidelines of our own life.
• Torah and mitzvos are the 'language' that lets the neshama feel spoken to, welcomed, and brought back to the center of our lives.
• Real, lasting inspiration comes from connecting to your own neshama, not from external moments that fade quickly.
• A small act of learning or a single mitzvah is enough to start a genuine, sustaining relationship with your own soul.