A Person Can Become Drunk from the Sweetness of Torah
Bitachon Weekly | October 30, 2024
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A Person Can Become Drunk from the Sweetness of Torah

Bitachon Weekly | June 27, 2025

And maybe the wine that you’re drinking at your Siyum can make you Shikor (drunk), which is perhaps what happened to Noach. Just like Dovid who used to sing in honor of his Torah ½ a night, like it says: חֲצוֹת לַיְלָּה אָּקוּם לְהוֹדוֹת לָּךְ עַל מִּשְ פְטֵי צִּדְ קֶּךָ תהלים קיט סב I arise at midnight to thank You for Your righteous commandments. (Gemara) (So did he say: זְמִרוֹת הָּיוּ לִי חֻּקֶיךָ תהלים קיט נד Your commandments are to me like a song, and he was punished with the Ma'aseh (the episode of) עֻּזָּה Uzza being killed, since he didn’t treat the Aron HaKodesh with enough respect. (Gemara)

The very Bracha of learning Torah says: וְהַעֲרֵב נָּא "Make it sweet!" We have to start the year with sweet memories of Simchas Bais HaSho'eva and Simchas Torah, to remind us that Simchas HaTorah (and Mitzvos) is the way to win against the Yetzer Hara; but of course there...

And maybe the wine that you’re drinking at your Siyum can make you Shikor (drunk), which is perhaps what happened to Noach. Just like Dovid who used to sing in honor of his Torah ½ a night, like it says: חֲצוֹת לַיְלָּה אָּקוּם לְהוֹדוֹת לָּךְ עַל מִּשְ פְטֵי צִּדְ קֶּךָ תהלים קיט סב I arise at midnight to thank You for Your righteous commandments. (Gemara) (So did he say: זְמִרוֹת הָּיוּ לִי חֻּקֶיךָ תהלים קיט נד Your commandments are to me like a song, and he was punished with the Ma'aseh (the episode of) עֻּזָּה Uzza being killed, since he didn’t treat the Aron HaKodesh with enough respect. (Gemara)

The very Bracha of learning Torah says: וְהַעֲרֵב נָּא "Make it sweet!" We have to start the year with sweet memories of Simchas Bais HaSho'eva and Simchas Torah, to remind us that Simchas HaTorah (and Mitzvos) is the way to win against the Yetzer Hara; but of course there...

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