Torah Will Come Down
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Torah Will Come Down

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דברים לב ,ב: יַעֲרֹף כ ַמ ָטָר לִּקְחִּי ת ִּז ַל כ ַט ַל

Baal HaTurim explains that the word the Torah uses for 'will fall' is יערף has two connotations. It can mean either 'pleasant' (see Onkelos) or 'break' (like we find by the Eglah Arufah). This seems to conform with the Gemara in Ta'anis (7a) 'If one merits it, then the Torah is a balm of life; if he does not, then it turns into poison.'

דברים לב ,ב: יַעֲרֹף כ ַמ ָטָר לִּקְחִּי ת ִּז ַל כ ַט ַל

Baal HaTurim explains that the word the Torah uses for 'will fall' is יערף has two connotations. It can mean either 'pleasant' (see Onkelos) or 'break' (like we find by the Eglah Arufah). This seems to conform with the Gemara in Ta'anis (7a) 'If one merits it, then the Torah is a balm of life; if he does not, then it turns into poison.'

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