Did you set time for Torah study? That is one of the first questions we should expect Hashem to ask us after 120 years. The gemorah in Shabbat says that one of the first questions which Hashem is going to ask a person after 120 years in this world is if they were “kovea itim la’Torah?”
The Arizal notes that it doesn’t say that you will be asked if you learned Torah. Instead, it explains that you will be asked if you set aside time for Torah.
What is the difference between “learning Torah” and “setting times to learn?
The Arizal expounds with a tremendous thought. It is not about how many pages of Talmud you learn. It isn’t about how many Trachetes you finish. It is about the time you set aside for Torah.
It’s not about knowledge. It’s about the dedication. It’s about how much room Torah has in your life. It’s about how much space Torah takes up in your heart.
It’s not about how much you learn. It’s about how much Torah matters to you. It’s about how much you value the Torah that you learn.
The same is true with anything else. It’s not about how many mitzvot you perform. It’s about how much you value the mitzvot. It’s about how much room they take up in your heart.
That's what it means when it says that Hashem asks if you set time for learning. He doesn’t just ask if you learned Torah. He asks if you set time to show that your learning matters. He asks if you made a time every day when you decide that you are not budging, no matter who calls you, because you value Torah that much.
By Rabbi Yaakov Rahimi
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