Now, we’ll take it step by step and try to understand it better. In Mesichta Shabbos, the Gemara tells a story about a certain non-Jew who wanted to become a ger. But first of all, he made conditions. He wasn’t patient to sit down and study the entire Torah, so he said, “לָּכ יƒנ≈„¿ּמַל¿ּ ̇∆ׁ ̆ ָ̇נ¿מ לַﬠ יƒנ≈ר¿ּיַּ‚ ַ̇חַ‡ ל∆‚∆ר לַﬠּהָּלֻּכ הָרֹוּ ַ̇ה – Teach me the entire Torah while I’ll stand on one foot and I’ll be megayer.” That’s what the gentile said.
So Hillel said, “Alright, let’s go.” I don’t know if he said, “Pick up your foot,” but he said as follows: “ךָלֲﬠַּ„„≈בֲﬠַּ ̇ ‡ָל¿ךָר¿בַח¿ל י≈נ¿ס – What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow man, הָּלֻּכ הָרֹוּ ַ̇ה לָּכ ‡יƒה ֹזו – that’s the entire Torah.”
And if you’ll ask a question, so what’s all this business of chamishe chumshei Torah and six sidrei mishnah and sixty mesichtas of Shas? The answer is that’s only commentary. הָׁ ּ̆רו≈ּפ¿ךָ„יƒ‡¿ו – All of that is only a commentary. Shas is a commentary on this rule.
Of course, רֹמ¿ּ‚ ילƒז – go and learn the commentary because it’s a very deep rule. It’s not a simple rule, and without the commentary, you won’t succeed. You have to go now and learn from Brachos till the end of Mesichta Niddah, but as you’re studying, remember the rule that I taught you because that is the entire Torah.
