Parshas Shemos: Accepting the Ol HaTorah

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Which burden will a person carry through life? We learn that everyone goes through some hardship and nobody gets a free ride, but the choice of burden is ours. Taking on the yoke of Torah, real ameilus over a hard Gemara, spares a person other burdens. Shevet Levi learned in Mitzrayim instead of laboring and received a spiritual portion, while the labor of Klal Yisrael earned them the land of Eretz Yisrael.

Key points

• Rashi has all of Shevet Levi sitting and learning in Mitzrayim, free of the labor.
• Rashi brings that Esav refused to pay 400 years in Mitzrayim for Eretz Yisrael.
• Rav Chaim Kanievsky said that doing his own chiyuvim would spare him other chiyuvim.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Bitter labor in this week's parsha
2. 2:40Everyone faces hardship, ameilus in Torah
3. 4:17Shevet Levi and returning to work
4. 6:26The Midrash on the sleepless night
5. 7:10Esav and the price of Eretz Yisrael
6. 8:38Shevet Levi's spiritual portion
7. 9:56Rav Chaim Kanievsky on chiyuvim
8. 11:22What ameilus baTorah really means

Topics

• Ol Torah
• Shevet Levi