2023-04-03 – LH5 – YD2 – Shvuos 2 – Para. 22-23 – The Essence of Limud Torah is Yiras Shamayim

Shvuos 2 – Para. 22-00:00 – PARAGRAPH 22.

*10:00 – NOTE: The Bnei Yissachar brings that Tzedakah enables a person to reach a higher level of אמת – truth. The essence of Limud Torah is Yiras Shamayim – respect for Hashem (Brachos 17). A person’s true Torah teacher is the one from whom he learns Yiras Shemayim.
20:00 – Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 5: the struggle to succeed in Limud Torah.
22:00 – The importance of assisting a Talmud Chocham. “Serving a Torah Scholar is greater than studying with him”.
24:00 – “A person needs to study the conversations of a Torah scholar” (Sukkah 21).
26:00 – Reference to Tovos Zichronos by Rav Avraham Sternhartz ז”ל.
30:00 – הַקְהִ֧ילוּ אֵלַ֛י אֶת־כָּל־זִקְנֵ֥י שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֖ם וְשֹֽׁטְרֵיכֶ֑ם וַֽאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֔ם – “Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, and I will speak these words into their ears…” Devarim 31:25, VaYelech).
34:00 – NOTE: The Yahrzeit of the Ramban ז”ל – story about the disrespect of his student Avner.
36:00 – Q&R about Shimush Talmidim Chachamim – through supporting them, asking questions, and learning stories about their lives.
38:00 – PARAGRAPH 23. Everything Hashem created was for His honor. The qualities of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai ז”ל as referenced in Likutey Moharan 126.