Sage Advice
A good friend of mine once found himself enmeshed in a complicated judicial case. He hired the best lawyers to extricate him from his troubles, but they were at a loss as to how to help him out. Therefore, he turned to me for advice. I thought about his situation long and hard. Afterward, I offered him effective, sound advice.
My friend relayed my advice to his lawyers, asking if they thought it was professional. The lawyers were dumbstruck by its clarity and were surprised that they had not come up with such a brilliant solution. They asked my friend to find out in which university I had studied. I explained that the Torah is the Ivy League College of the world. The pasuk says (Devarim 4:5), “See, I have taught you decrees and ordinances.” When a Jew cleaves to Torah, he is granted a special measure of siyata di’Shemaya to offer wise counsel, on the level of decrees and ordinances.
Torah is the source of all wisdom. Therefore, it confers wisdom upon those who learn it and grants them understanding in all areas of life.
