[Avodah] THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW SHOULD COME FROM THE LETTER

Cantor Wolberg cantorwolberg at cox.net
Wed Jun 13 06:07:13 PDT 2018


There’s the story of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi who,
when studying Torah, heard the crying of his infant grandson.
The elder rebbe rose from his studying and soothed the baby
to sleep. Meanwhile, his son, the boy’s father, was too involved
in his study to hear the baby cry. When R. Zalman noticed his
son’s lack of involvement, he proclaimed: “If someone is
studying Torah and fails to hear the cry of a baby, there is 
something very wrong with his learning.
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