Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Lishma

I learned from my master, the Baal Shem Tov, that the main idea of Torah and davening is that one should attach himself to the innermost essence in each letter that he learns or davens. This essence is the light of the Ein Sof. When one does this, he is learning Torah lishma.

(Rebbe Yaakov Yosef of Polonoye)