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י"ח אדר ב’ התשפ"ד

Thursday
י"ח אדר ב’ התשפ"ד

חיפוש בארכיון

Shem Olam / Ch. 11 – 129

The verse states, ‘If you seek it like silver and search it like a treasure, then you will understand fear of Hashem, and will find knowledge of G-d’. One thing we learn from this is that one should invest efforts in learning like he does in acquiring money. A person is willing to leave the comfort of his home and suffer hardship travelling, especially if he sees he cannot make it in his hometown, and especially if he knows that in a certain place he can become rich in a short time. Similarly, a person sees that he cannot learn properly at home, he should go somewhere where he can learn quietly, and the gain from this is immense, for he can collect spiritual riches in a short time that he could never gain at home.

“And the utterly undoubtable truth is that if the entire world, from one end to the other, would be absent of our engagement and delving into the Torah, even for one moment, literally, then all the worlds - both upper and lower - would be destroyed instantly, and would turn into utter chaos, chas v’shalom…” (Nefesh Hachaim)