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Bentzion Meltzer
Oct 27, 2010, 8:58:28 PM10/27/10
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"Each day conveys an utterance, and each night expresses knowledge."1
The Baal Shem Tov taught:
Man's initial judgment is for abstaining from Torah study.2 But a
person assumes that he will be able to absolve himself from judgment
because he was busy earning a living by day and resting from his toil
by night. However, the short winter days prove him wrong, and the
short summer nights contradict him.3
1 Psalms 19:3
2 Oral tradition (Tractate Kiddushin 40b) derives this from a verse in
Proverbs 17:14.
3 Until the advent of electricity, the workday basically ended at
sunset, and thus during the winter, people worked less hours. This
proves that one is willing to work less hours when necessary, which
raises the question, why not for Torah study? Similarly, one sleeps
less during the short summer nights, which shows that one is able to
be flexible with one's sleeping hours, which contradicts the
contention that one must rest the entire night.
Translation and Commentary by Rabbi Yehoshua Starrett and reprinted
with the kind permission of the Baal Shem Tov Foundation. Please visit
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The Baal Shem Tov taught:
Man's initial judgment is for abstaining from Torah study.2 But a
person assumes that he will be able to absolve himself from judgment
because he was busy earning a living by day and resting from his toil
by night. However, the short winter days prove him wrong, and the
short summer nights contradict him.3
1 Psalms 19:3
2 Oral tradition (Tractate Kiddushin 40b) derives this from a verse in
Proverbs 17:14.
3 Until the advent of electricity, the workday basically ended at
sunset, and thus during the winter, people worked less hours. This
proves that one is willing to work less hours when necessary, which
raises the question, why not for Torah study? Similarly, one sleeps
less during the short summer nights, which shows that one is able to
be flexible with one's sleeping hours, which contradicts the
contention that one must rest the entire night.
Translation and Commentary by Rabbi Yehoshua Starrett and reprinted
with the kind permission of the Baal Shem Tov Foundation. Please visit
www.baalshemtov.com
Join a class on the Perekim from the Kesser Shem Tov: Shabbos morning
9am in the Shteibel Minyan Beis Medresh
Also, write to Bent...@besht-yomi.org to receive the Teachings of the
Baal Shem Tov in your email inbox, visit and join a discussion group
on the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov at http://groups.google.com/group/teachings_of_the_besht?hl=en
Publicize the Teachings of the Baal Shem Tov To Help Bring
Moshiach Right NOW!
Joseph A. Cleary
Nov 4, 2010, 8:45:15 PM11/4/10
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Dear Bentzion:
What ever this is worth in that though I do sleep rather soundly
yet there has been a waking time of right around midnight for me to wake and
read the Torah, then after and hour or so I return to bed to sleep.
What I normally remember is about ninety five percent with this
waking endeavor it's more like a hundred percent of what I've read. When
some one asked me to explain what was this all about, my answer was to take
it up with Hashem he knew everything I how ever do not, nor would I ever
want to as my existence would awfully dull.
Please do be well and do have a good Shabbis.
Shalom, Shalom, Yosef
What ever this is worth in that though I do sleep rather soundly
yet there has been a waking time of right around midnight for me to wake and
read the Torah, then after and hour or so I return to bed to sleep.
What I normally remember is about ninety five percent with this
waking endeavor it's more like a hundred percent of what I've read. When
some one asked me to explain what was this all about, my answer was to take
it up with Hashem he knew everything I how ever do not, nor would I ever
want to as my existence would awfully dull.
Please do be well and do have a good Shabbis.
Shalom, Shalom, Yosef
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