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VORT ON PIRKEI AVOS - פרק ו : משנה א
Perek Vav - Mishna Aleph
רבי מאיר אומר: כל העוסק בתורה לשמה זוכה לדברים הרבה ולא עוד אלא שכל העולם כלו כדאי הוא לו נקרע רע , אהוב…(אבות ו:א)
Reb Meir says: All who toil in learning Torah for the Torah’s sake (honor) merits a lot of things. And not only that but also the world's creation is sustained through him. He is called a friend (from Hashem)…
זוכה לדברים הרבה…
The word זוכה can mean to conquer. One who learns Torah לשמה – for the sake of learning Torah, receives extra strength to conquer all the obstacles that want to prevent him from serving Hashem.
שכל העולם כלו כדאי הוא
The whole world is sustained in his merit.
If someone in the entire world doesn’t learn Torah for a second, the world would be destroyed. Therefore, when a person learns Torah, there’s the possibility that during that moment of learning, the whole world is sustained.
שכל העולם כלו כדאי הוא
There are instances when a person can be withheld deserved merits since the place he lives is not worthy to receive those merits. The Tanna Reb Meir tells us: שכל העולם כלו כדאי הוא -that his learning Torah causes the place he lives to be worthy to receive merits.
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