But this raises the question: How can it be
considered a “career in Torah” when you know, that just before you sat down to
study and immediately afterwards you’ll be in a completely different state of
mind? This is explained by the Alter Rebbe in Tanya that a union with G-d
exists eternally above. When you engage in Torah and its commandments, although
there was a time before you put on tefillin, for example, which is symbolic of
all of Torah, and a time when you will remove them, and no longer wear them, nevertheless
the “union” with God you created through them is eternal, an everlasting union.
There’s nothing miraculous to it; in fact, it’s
quite self-evident. If time and space were both created for the purpose of
fulfilling Torah and its precepts this is proof that Torah and its precepts
exist on a higher plane than time and space. So, when you fulfill a commandment
even though it was performed within a specific timeframe and not earlier or later
– as stipulated by Torah – its effect is not subject to these limitations,
given that the commandments are higher than time and space, which were only created
for their sake, they are higher than the limitations of time and space.
The lesson from all of this is clear: everyone
has their set times for Torah study, which they will surely make their best
effort to increase. But practically speaking, your Torah study should reflect a
“career in Torah.”
Lubavitcher Rebbe
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