The Interplay of Study and Action in Torah
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The Interplay of Study and Action in Torah

הפצת המיינות חוצה | June 27, 2025

And similarly, the converse is also true; ‘studying’ has an effect on one’s actions. In other words, beyond the knowledge of Halochos of how to do something or how not to do something לז there needs to be לח a form of study where one fully grasps and understands the “expanded” subject. This is because it would be impossible to determine the correct ruling in a situation if one did not fully understand the topic with all the details and reasons behind the Halocha לט as is brought down by the Rishonim. מ

According to this explanation, מא action is something which is external to the person. מב However after closer inspection, these two aspects can be seen also to exist within the person himself. This is in the ‘Avodah’ מג of one’s prayer, juxtaposing redemption to prayer. מד These concepts represent Yosef and Yehudah מה for regarding prayer; the ‘Amidah’ מו is a prayer of absolute self-nullification, מז which מח is the ethos of Yehudah as מט the Possuk says: נ ׳וֹ הַפַעַם אוֹדֶה אֶת ה׳ ג “This time I thank Hashem”. (This also means; I submit) .... וַתַעֲמֹד מִּלֶדֶת and she stopped bearing, (Literally, ‘she stood still from bearing’) and that through thanking (and thus submission) נא one can arrive at ‘standing still’ and self-nullification.

And similarly, the converse is also true; ‘studying’ has an effect on one’s actions. In other words, beyond the knowledge of Halochos of how to do something or how not to do something לז there needs to be לח a form of study where one fully grasps and understands the “expanded” subject. This is because it would be impossible to determine the correct ruling in a situation if one did not fully understand the topic with all the details and reasons behind the Halocha לט as is brought down by the Rishonim. מ

According to this explanation, מא action is something which is external to the person. מב However after closer inspection, these two aspects can be seen also to exist within the person himself. This is in the ‘Avodah’ מג of one’s prayer, juxtaposing redemption to prayer. מד These concepts represent Yosef and Yehudah מה for regarding prayer; the ‘Amidah’ מו is a prayer of absolute self-nullification, מז which מח is the ethos of Yehudah as מט the Possuk says: נ ׳וֹ הַפַעַם אוֹדֶה אֶת ה׳ ג “This time I thank Hashem”. (This also means; I submit) .... וַתַעֲמֹד מִּלֶדֶת and she stopped bearing, (Literally, ‘she stood still from bearing’) and that through thanking (and thus submission) נא one can arrive at ‘standing still’ and self-nullification.

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