“ויעמוד העם על משה מן הבוקר עד הערב ויהי ממחרת וישב משה לשפט את העם,” – “And it was on the next day that Moshe sat to judge the people, and the people stood by Moshe from the morning until the evening.” It says in the Seforim of the Mekubalim that every Mitzvah has its root in one on the letters of the א-ב. The Mitzvah of Talmud Torah is rooted in the letter ל', representing “לימוד”, and the letter ל' is higher than all the other letters. The Mishna in Pei’ah 1:1 says that Talmud Torah is K’neged Kulam, K’neged all the Mitzvos of the Torah. The letter ל' is made up of three letters – ו', ו', ו'. The reason that they are all a ו' is because it represents the 6 from the ששה סדרי משנה, which can be completed in three parts. One is through one’s Rebbe, the second is through one’s Chavrusa, and the third is through one’s Talmidim. The Gemara in Ta’anis 7a says that Rebbe Eliezer said that he learned much Torah from his Rebbe’im and even more from his Chavrusos, and learned from his Talmidim more than all of them. All of this is in Torah Shebal Peh – the Shisha Sidrei Mishnah. Thus, the letter ל' is comprised of three ווי"ן. The first ו' is the line on top which is bent, and that represents learning from the Rebbe, for the Rebbe is higher than him – the Rebbe is above all. The next ו' is the middle line, which is equal with a person. The third ו' is the line below, and that represents teaching one’s Talmidim, as the Talmidim are below him. We see that one completes his learning from three: בר, ח, בר למיד ת and the Roshei Taivos of these three is, “חרת”. This is why it says in Shemos 32:16 “חרות על הלוחות ” – the ו' is not enunciated of the word, “חרות” so we are left with “חרת” – which are the Roshei Taivos, “חבר, רב, תלמיד”. We can also understand why we call a wise person in Torah a תלמיד חכם, as this alludes to us that one can only reach the true level of a Chochom when he has Talmidim – for that makes one complete in his learning. All of the above are speaking about people in general, however one who was Zoche to learn Torah directly from Moshe Rabbeinu, who was taught the Torah directly from Hakodosh Boruch Hu, he did not need a Chavrusa or a Talmid to reach the highest level of learning. One reached the highest level learning it directly from Moshe Rabbeinu – the Rebbe. One who learned Torah from Moshe Rabbeinu did not need the three ווין of the ל'. This is as the Posuk says, “ויעמוד העם על משה מן הבקר עד הערב ” – the difference between the Gematria of “בקר” (302) and “ערב” (272) is 30 – which is the Gematria of ל'. The Posuk is saying that all three parts that are in the ל', “יעמוד העם ” – the nation was able to stand upon Moshe alone, and they did not need the other two parts of a Chavrusa and Talmid to complete the ל' and have complete Limud HaTorah.
