The Newness of Torah and the Infinite
Lessons in Torah Or | January 25, 2026
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The Newness of Torah and the Infinite

Lessons in Torah Or | January 30, 2026

Now, these letters of prayer that elevate us from below to Above cause us to go up to the highest possible levels, literally up until the Ain Sof-the Infinite Truth of Hashem Himself. In prayer we become connected to a level of Hashem which is Infinite and beyond the limitations of time and space, and beyond being a direct source for the world. So too in Torah study, we draw down from a level of Hashem that is totally beyond the world and beyond the idea of time. It is for this reason we need a new revelation of the Torah every day. Since it is something from beyond time, it can’t just be given one time and stay here and get older every day, like everything else in this world. It needs to come again every day from beyond time into our physical world.

It is for this reason that we need the Torah given anew “every day for that day”, and “every day these words of the Torah will be in your eyes like something new.” The reason that the Torah is new every day is because it comes from a level of Hashem’s revelation that is totally beyond time and space, beyond the source of creation of a limited world that exists in time. Only something that exists in time can become old. Something beyond time cannot become old. It is essentially eternal and unchanging. It isn’t “older” today than it was yesterday; it’s exactly the same. Every day it looks new to us, since it comes from a level beyond age and time.

Now, these letters of prayer that elevate us from below to Above cause us to go up to the highest possible levels, literally up until the Ain Sof-the Infinite Truth of Hashem Himself. In prayer we become connected to a level of Hashem which is Infinite and beyond the limitations of time and space, and beyond being a direct source for the world. So too in Torah study, we draw down from a level of Hashem that is totally beyond the world and beyond the idea of time. It is for this reason we need a new revelation of the Torah every day. Since it is something from beyond time, it can’t just be given one time and stay here and get older every day, like everything else in this world. It needs to come again every day from beyond time into our physical world.

It is for this reason that we need the Torah given anew “every day for that day”, and “every day these words of the Torah will be in your eyes like something new.” The reason that the Torah is new every day is because it comes from a level of Hashem’s revelation that is totally beyond time and space, beyond the source of creation of a limited world that exists in time. Only something that exists in time can become old. Something beyond time cannot become old. It is essentially eternal and unchanging. It isn’t “older” today than it was yesterday; it’s exactly the same. Every day it looks new to us, since it comes from a level beyond age and time.

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