[1696]באר_הפרשה_נשא

by Rabbi Berach Steinfeld

Why do we say Birchas Kohanim in Birchas Hatorah? There is a distinct difference between the chochma of the Torah and other chochmos. All the other chochmos in the world are obtained based on the smartness of a person; the more genius the person is, the better chance the person has to understand the material. Regarding chochmas haTorah, it does not work that way. Even if a person is extremely smart, he is still unable to properly learn the Torah without Hashem teaching it to him. That is why in Tehillim, kuf yud tes we find the words “lamdeini chukeicha,” we daven that Hashemm should teach us his Torah.

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By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman
 

By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss

As the Yom Tov of Shavuos is upon us, we celebrate that which we say daily in the blessings on the Torah.  “Asher bochar bonu mikol ha’amim, v’nosan lanu es Toraso,” that Hashem chose us from all of the nations and gave us His Torah.  In the very first posuk in the Torah, we are taught “Bereishis borah Elokim,” which Rashi explains to mean that the world was created because of the Torah.

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By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld