Value of Torah
Parsha Pages Youth | April 08, 2025
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Value of Torah

Parsha Pages Youth | June 27, 2025

The Baal HaTurim explains in his commentary that if one studies the verses pertaining to the elevation offering it is valued by G-d as if he brought that offering. The Gemara in Tractate Menachos tells us that if one studies and fervently recites the portion of the Torah pertaining to any offering it is valued as if the person had brought that offering.

The Baal HaTurim explains that there is a commonality between the Torah and the (Koran Olah) elevation offering. The Torah is referred to as fire just as the elevation offering is burnt in fire. In addition, offerings are referred to in the verse as bread and a verse in Mishlei refers to the Torah as bread. Just as the world cannot survive without bread, which is the staple of life, it cannot survive without Torah.

The phrase by most of the Korbanos teaches this principal. The Baal HaTurim finds a further allusion in this verse that states the law of the elevation offering; it is the elevation offering.

The Baal HaTurim explains in his commentary that if one studies the verses pertaining to the elevation offering it is valued by G-d as if he brought that offering. The Gemara in Tractate Menachos tells us that if one studies and fervently recites the portion of the Torah pertaining to any offering it is valued as if the person had brought that offering.

The Baal HaTurim explains that there is a commonality between the Torah and the (Koran Olah) elevation offering. The Torah is referred to as fire just as the elevation offering is burnt in fire. In addition, offerings are referred to in the verse as bread and a verse in Mishlei refers to the Torah as bread. Just as the world cannot survive without bread, which is the staple of life, it cannot survive without Torah.

The phrase by most of the Korbanos teaches this principal. The Baal HaTurim finds a further allusion in this verse that states the law of the elevation offering; it is the elevation offering.

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