Who Should Study Torah? How Does Ritual Purity Impact One's Experience and Merit in the Study of Torah?

It is a law that every human being should study Torah.  The conditions that fall upon one's status regrading taharah (purity) and tum'ah (impurity) will have an impact on one's experience and merit in the study of Torah. When expanded, this idea leads to the secrets of the indwelling of Shekhinah, so one is advised to gain a practical understanding of the Order of Purities (i.e. the Sixth Order of the Mishnah).

Isaiah on The Barren One and The One Who Had No Labor Pains

"Sing out, O barren one, who has not given birth, break out into glad song and be jubilant, O one who had no labor pains, for more numerous are the children of the desolate than the children of the inhabited, said YHVH."

-- Isaiah 54:1



BARREN ONE : When an unwedded girl loses her virginity.

ONE WHO HAD NO LABOR PAINS : A girl who waited until she was married before having sexual intercourse.

THE DESOLATE : Those who pray for Jerusalem.

CHILDREN OF THE INHABITED : Those who fall prey to the idolaters.