"Anyone
who does the Will of the Omnipresent and directs his mind in prayer,
God listens to him in this world, and so too in the World to Come; for
it is stated, 'It will be that before they call I will answer' (Isaiah
65:24) ─ in this world, 'while they speak, I will hear' (ibid.) ─ in the
World to Come.
"And what will they speak in the World to Come? The explanation is that in the World to Come every person will stand and make his Torah learning heard, and God will sit and make His Torah heard with them, as it is stated, 'Then those who fear haShem spoke to one another, and haShem listened' (Malachi 3:16). And it is written, 'And your eyes will behold your Teacher and your ears will listen' (Isaiah 30:20-21); and 'All your children will be students of haShem' (ibid. 54:13)."
-- Midrash Rabbah, Shemot 21.3
"And what will they speak in the World to Come? The explanation is that in the World to Come every person will stand and make his Torah learning heard, and God will sit and make His Torah heard with them, as it is stated, 'Then those who fear haShem spoke to one another, and haShem listened' (Malachi 3:16). And it is written, 'And your eyes will behold your Teacher and your ears will listen' (Isaiah 30:20-21); and 'All your children will be students of haShem' (ibid. 54:13)."
-- Midrash Rabbah, Shemot 21.3
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