Sukkah 53a Part 1/7

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Hillel taught that his legs bring him to the place he loves. The Midrash on Parshas Bechukosai says the same of Dovid HaMelech, and Rabbi Yochanan echoes it. A habit built in works like an autopilot, and a day of learning is meant to be as fixed as davening and tefillin. Along the way come more of Hillel's sayings, among them his words to a skull floating on the water.

Key points

• The Midrash on Bechukosai has Dovid HaMelech's legs carry him each morning to the bais medrash.
• Speaking for Hashem, Hillel says: if you come to My house, I will come to yours.
• Rabbi Yochanan calls a man's legs his guarantors, bringing him where he is needed.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Hillel: where my legs take me
2. 0:59Bechukosai Midrash and Dovid HaMelech
3. 4:08Hillel: come to My house
4. 5:50Wherever My name is mentioned
5. 7:30Hillel and the floating skull
6. 9:51Rabbi Yochanan: legs as guarantors
7. 12:01Not missing a day of learning
8. 13:01Rashi on leaving the Torah

Topics

• Bechukosai
• Dovid HaMelech
• Habit in Learning