Torah Study - Part 4

00:01 Behemshech, in reference to the earlier installments regarding setting up designated times for Torah study on a daily basis, we now continue with installment number four, where we refer to Sichas of the Rebbe, where he explains the concept of kvias itim leTorah, designating time for Torah study. What does the word kvias mean? In the first Sichah with which we begin, the Sichah was given by the Rebbe during the farbrengen on the second day of Shuas Tov Shinlam Medaled, 1974. The Rebbe stated the following, During the time of Torah study, it needs to be in a manner when one does not interrupt for anything in the world. And as the vort of the Alter Rebbe, that the word kvias, meaning designated or fixed, needs to be not only in regards to the time framework, a fixed time, but in the soul. It is fixed in one's soul. And that takes place when one makes his Torah study fixed and permanent. Something which is kvua fixed is not overwhelmed or affected from anything. Also not from any large quantities of whatever it should be. It's not bakol, kvua lebakol. It's never outnumbered in large quantities. And therefore, it cannot be nullified. It is then when a Yid through Torah connects with Hashem, the giver of the Torah, Neisen HaTorah, and then Am Yisrael, Torah and Hashem become as one, as it is stated in the Ze'ah. Likewise, one's intellect and brain and the topic being studied become a one amazing entity, as stated in Tanya. We then walk

02:12 away from Shuas, this was a Shuas farbrengen, Matan Torah, the time of the giving of the Torah, with the strength of Nassev and Nishma. We will do and we will hear. And we then implement it, Bechol Rachecha De'ayu, in all your ways you should be knowledgeable of Him, of Hashem. The entire day becomes a Torah day, because one has accomplished that Torah is by him as a fixed feature. And then, as the Mishnah says, your work becomes temporary and the time spent for this is not as relevant as the time for Torah. In a second Sichah given during the farbrengen, like Beimer Tov Shin Mem 1980, the Rebbe spoke the following. The above, the standard of learning Torah as it was by the sage, Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, applies to ourselves as well. Although the level of Torah Seum Noseh, which means that by Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, Torah was his main primary occupation, in its literal sense, does not apply to us because we also do other things through the day. We all, including those involved in business, have fixed times of Torah study each day. During those times, we must devote ourselves to Torah in a fixed manner. If so, our sages declare the importance of something fixed can never be negated. And these hours of Torah will have an impact on the entire day. In an additional Sichah that the Rebbe delivered during the farbrengen on the 12th of Tammuz Tov Shin Lamid 1970, commemorating the release of the previous Rebbe from

04:09 prison in Russia in 1927, the Rebbe stated the following. Pertaining to our topic, since we derive a bechein, which is a resolution or a takeaway from what was discussed, that we should fulfill what is mentioned in the letter of the previous Rebbe to Chidim, celebrating the 12th and the 13th of Tammuz. This was a year after his release from prison. And since the words of Tzadikim are eternal, therefore the actions need to be more than they were till now. And the Torah study should bring about the fulfillment of mitzvahs and in an enhanced manner, as stated in the Torah. And as it will be then, if you follow my laws and faithfully observe my commandments, which is the pasuk in Bechukese, this will bring the fulfillment of what it says, I broke the bars of your yoke and will lead you upright. In the following Sichah, which was given during the farbrengen on Shabbos Parsha Truma Tov Shin Mem 1980, the Rebbe summed it up as follows. As mentioned earlier, that the intention of the entire talk is factually that there should simply be an increase in the study of Torah, without any unnecessary or side interpretations. But literally, an increase in the study of Torah. And this is the intention of all the farbrengens throughout the year, and in particular the farbrengens which took place most recently, that there should be an increase in the study of Torah and plus establishing new additional shiurim of Torah, during which Yidden exert themselves in the study

06:03 and likewise influence others to follow them. And even in the spare time, when it would seem to an individual that he needs to take a walk or go to sleep, nevertheless, he should sit down and learn. And as mentioned earlier, that one can have all the intentions and receive a great reward for assisting others to learn Torah. Nevertheless, this is only within the framework of a reward or some of a reward, but not the actual reward. This does not come to the quality, this does not reach the quality of sitting and learning Torah. There is nothing greater than that. And the Rebbe concluded, it should be the will of Hashem, that in the same sense that there are afsakas, breaks in Torah between one chapter and another, as Rashi explains in the beginning of Parsha Vayikra, we should already have the break from the galus and an end to the darkness. And very soon, Mashiach should come and will bring the true and ultimate redemption when he will then teach Torah to the entire nation.