{"id":67907,"date":"2019-12-31T13:19:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T11:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=67907"},"modified":"2023-07-24T17:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T14:21:56","slug":"study-in-the-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/study-in-the-synagogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Study In The Synagogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[730,775,410],"acf":{"old_id":"67907","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"384","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Tongue of teaching, and ears for learning","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our chapter, Isaiah says: \u201cThe Lord God gave me a tongue of teaching (<em>lashon limudim<\/em>)\u2026The Lord God opened my ears\u201d (50:4-5). The prophet here seems to suggest that the prophetic \u201ctongue of teaching\u201d requires also open ears for learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seder Eliyyahu Rabbah 18 cites these verses to urge the study of Torah in the synagogue: Everyone who sits and occupies himself privately with the mystical mysteries of God, should at least on occasion put aside his individual study and go to the synagogue or the house of study \u2013 indeed, to any place where new insights into Torah are discovered together with others. Because whenever one goes to the synagogue or to the house of study, invariably joy is renewed for him. This is the meaning of the tradition proclaimed by the prophet Isaiah ben Amotz: \u201cThe Lord God gave me a tongue of teaching, to know how to speak timely words to the weary. Each morning\u2026He rouses my ear to hear like those who learn\u201d (50:4) &#8212; these words the Prophet Isaiah spoke referring to one\u2019s going to the House of Study. And about the House of Study and the insights into Torah that one may gain there, Scripture goes on to say: \u201cThey are renewed every morning\u2026\u201d (Lamentations 3:23).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seder Eliyyahu Zuta 14 interprets the two parts of the verse \u201cThe Lord God gave me a tongue of teaching\u2026The Lord God opened my ears\u201d to refer first to the exertion and then to the reward for the Study of Torah. There are those who consume themselves with the voracious reading of Scripture and reciting of Mishnah. To such an extent that they may seem like those of whom it is said: \u201cFor guzzlers and gluttons will be wearied. And drowsing will leave you in tatters\u201d (Proverbs 23:21). For this reason, it says: \u201cDo not love sleep\u2026Rather, keep your eyes open and you will have plenty of bread\u201d (Proverbs 20:13). \u201cBread\u201d here means Torah, which proclaims: \u201cCome, eat my bread\u2026 and walk in the way of understanding\u201d (Proverbs 9:5-6).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And of the teaching and study of the Torah, Isaiah says: \u201cThe Lord God gave me a tongue of teaching, to know how to speak timely words to the weary. Every morning\u2026He rouses my ear to listen like those who learn\u201d (50:4). This suggests that the words of Torah are taken to heart (<em>nivla\u2019im be-lev ha-adam<\/em>) only by those who consume themselves in studying Torah. So, the Holy Spirit announces to the sages: Though I have given you the great good of My Torah in this world, in the world to come I will double your reward. Indeed, it is Isaiah who prophecies: \u201cyou will receive a double portion\u2026and everlasting joy will be yours\u201d (61:7)! Behold, we have learned that we will receive a double portion of Torah with the coming of the Messiah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image: Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik teaching Torah at Stern College<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":67908,"id":67908,"title":"is50-torah study","filename":"is50-torah-study.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is50-torah-study.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/study-in-the-synagogue\/is50-torah-study\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is50-torah-study","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":67907,"date":"2019-12-31 11:18:55","modified":"2019-12-31 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