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above the laws of nature, will warrant distance from its understanding, in
order to teach us the above fundamental concept.

“This is the decree of the Torah, which Hashem
has commanded, saying: Speak to the Children
of Israel, and they shall take to you a completely
red cow, which is without blemish, and upon
which a yoke has not come”

(Bamidbar 19:2)

The pasuk states, “If a man will die in a tent.” Chazal expound that a
person is obligated to “kill himself” in the tent of Torah. Regarding
Yaakov, the pasuk states, “Yaakov was a wholesome man, abiding in
tents.” The letters of the word (wholesome) can be transposed to spell
(dead). Yaakov “killed himself “in the tent of Torah.

There is no halfway mark when it comes to Torah study. Torah must be
learned comprehensively and completely. The Rambam teaches that as
long as a person breathes, he is obligated to study Torah. Just as there is
no concept of a half-dead person, so too, sacrifice for the sake of Torah
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