{"id":99407,"date":"2022-11-20T16:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T14:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=99407"},"modified":"2022-11-21T12:11:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T10:11:53","slug":"torah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/torah\/","title":{"rendered":"Torah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis Book of the Torah shall not leave your mouth; rather you should contemplate it day and night in order that you observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way successful, and then you will act wisely\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

^(Yehoshua<\/em> 1:8)<\/p>\n

&\u201cThus said Hashem: If not for My covenant [being studied] day and night, I would not have instituted the laws of heaven and earth\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

^(Yirmeyahu<\/em> 33:25)<\/p>\n

>Rabbi Nechuniah ben Hakanah says: If someone accepts upon himself the yoke of Torah, the yoke of government and the yoke of worldly responsibilities are removed from him. But if someone throws off the yoke of Torah from himself, the yoke of government and the yoke of worldly responsibilities are placed upon him (Avot<\/em> 3:5).<\/p>\n

One who truly takes upon himself the yoke of Torah, proclaiming, \u201cCome what may, I am immersed in Torah!\u201d will certainly never be forsaken by Hashem. He will eventually gain prestige. But Torah eludes the one who pursues worldly pleasures. This is alluded to in the Mishnah, \u201cEat bread with salt\u2026\u201d When one accepts upon himself this type of lifestyle, he is guaranteed, \u201cYou are praiseworthy in this world,\u201d for honor will ultimately be his (Ruach Chaim<\/em>, Avot <\/em>6:4).<\/p>\n

Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says: One who goes on the road and does not have an escort should involve himself in divrei Torah<\/em>, as the pasuk states (Mishlei<\/em> 1:9), \u201cFor they are an %escort<\/strong>~ of grace.\u201d One who has pain in his head should involve himself in Torah, as the pasuk states (ibid.), \u201cFor they are an escort of grace for your %head<\/strong>~.\u201d One who has pain in his neck should involve himself in words of Torah, as the pasuk continues, \u201cAnd a chain for your %neck<\/strong>~.\u201d One who has pain in his innards should involve himself in Torah, as the pesukim continue (ibid. 3:8), \u201cIt will be health to your %innards<\/strong>~.\u201d One who has pain in his bones should involve himself in Torah, as the pasuk ends, \u201cAnd marrow to your %bones<\/strong>~.\u201d One who has pain anywhere in his body should involve himself in Torah, as the pasuk states (ibid. 4:22), \u201cAnd healing for all his %flesh~<\/strong>.\u201d Rabbi Yehudah b\u2019Rabbi Chiya says: See the difference between the ways of Hakadosh Baruch Hu and of human beings. When a person gives his friend a tonic, it is beneficial for one part of his body, while possibly harming another. But Hashem gave the Torah to Am Yisrael, a balm for the entire body, as stated above, \u201cAnd healing for all his flesh\u201d (Eiruvin<\/em> 54a).<\/p>\n

How are people like the fish in the sea? Just as fish die as soon as they come up on the land, so do people who forsake Torah and mitzvot die immediately (Avodah Zarah <\/em>3b).<\/em><\/p>\n

The main virtue of the Torah is that it brings a person to an exalted level and helps him become aware of his obligation in this world. This comes through toil in Torah. The more a person exerts himself in Torah, the more he is disconnected from the shackles of the Yetzer Hara<\/em> and is disgusted by the fleeting pleasures of this world. His soul yearns for feelings of sanctity, the delight of wisdom, and the purity of heart (Chazon Ish<\/em>, in a letter).<\/p>\n

The Gemara (Sanhedrin<\/em> 20) interprets the following verse in Mishlei<\/em> in a novel way: \u201cCharm is false\u201d \u2013 this refers to the generation of Moshe and Yehoshua. \u201cBeauty is vanity\u201d \u2013 this refers to the generation of Chizkiyahu. \u201cFear of Hashem shall be extolled\u201d \u2013 this refers to the generation of Rabbi Yehudah b\u2019Rabbi Ilai.<\/p>\n

Regarding Rabbi Yehudah Ilai, it was said that six of his disciples would cover themselves with one tallit and involve themselves in learning Torah. This teaches us that the ultimate way to learn Torah is through difficulty (Rabbi Steinman<\/em>, shlita<\/em>, in a letter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis Book of the Torah shall not leave your mouth; rather you should contemplate it day and night in order that you observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way successful, and then you will act wisely\u201d ^(Yehoshua 1:8) &\u201cThus said Hashem: If not for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":27201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-torah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}