Chazal teach that โIm bechukosai teilechuโ means putting your whole heart into learning Torah. Ameilus is not just working hard. It is being so in love with Hashem that you never want to stop connecting to Him.
Think about something you enjoy so much that when you have to pause, you wish you could stay with it a little longer. That is what real Torah learning can feel like. When your neshama connects, Torah becomes sweet, energizing, and alive. You unlock the guarantee of Chazal that Yagata Umatzasa Taamin- When you toil in learning you can become a Talmud Chacham- and through that you bring incredible nachas to Hashem.
The joy in Torah is everything. Torah is what lights us up. Torah learning is what keeps us alive and connected to Hashem.
As the Alter Rebbe, The Baโal Hatanya teaches in Chapter 5 of Sefer Hatanya
โืึฐืืึผื ืึดืืึผื ื ึดืคึฐืึธื ืฉึถืืึตืื ืึดืืึผื ืึธึผืืึนืืึผ ืึฐืึนื ืึฐึผืขึถืจึฐืึผืึน ื ึดืึฐืฆึธื ืึฐึผืึธื ืึฐึผืึทืฉึฐืืึดืึผืึผืช, ืึดืึฐืืึนืช ืึทืึฒืึธืึดืื ืึผืึฐืืึผืึธืึดืื ืึทืึธึผืฉื ืึดืึธึผื ืฆึทื ืึผืคึดื ึธึผื.
The connection created through Torah is a wondrous connection, like which there is none other and which has no parallel anywhere in the material world, whereby complete oneness and unity, from every side and angle, could be attained.โ
Rav Tzaddok Hakohen of Lublin expands this even further.โ
ืืืฉืืื ืื ืฆืืืชื ืืขืกืืง ืืชืืจื ืฉืืื ืืคืืก ืืขืฉื ืืจืืฉืืช ืืฉื ืื ืื ืืจืืื ืืื ืฉืืืจื ืืืจืืฉืืช ืจืื ืคืจืฉื ื, ืื ืืฆื ืืฉ ืื ืฆืืืชื ืฉื โืื ืืืจืืื ืืื ืืขืืื ืืืื. Paraphrased: Not only is oneโs connection to Hashem created through Torah, but it also connects him to all other Yidden and really to the entire world. Torah creates tzavsa-connection and companionship, which humans so deeply need. Since the Torah is the blueprint of the world and Hashem looked within it and then created the world, by connecting to the plans for the world you are in essence connecting to the entirety of creation.
So take some special time after hearing this song to learn Hashemโs Torah and to share the sweetness of Torah with another Yid. It will enhance your connection to other Yidden, and to the Creator of the world.
Extra Learning:
It is worthwhile to see the whole Perek 5 in the sefer Hatanya and the beginning of the sefer Resisei Layla of Rav Tzaddok to really see the whole picture.
TYH Nation Presents
Ameilim BaTorah
Joey Newcomb
Composed by Rabbi Chaim Gershon Davis
Produced and arranged by Izzy Drihem and Mendy Portnoy
Guitars: Noam โHargolโ Burg
Horns: Danny Flam
Choir: Neshama
Mixed & Master: Yaron Safer
Video Credits:
Produced: TYH Creative
Filmed and Edited: Kolrom and Ezriel Gross
Band Performance: Shloimi Schinfeld Band