Monday, December 22, 2014

Talmud Bavli Shabbat on Fear as Prerequisite to Torah Knowledge

"Rabbah bar Rav Huna said: Any person who has acquired for himself Torah knowledge, but has not acquired for himself the fear of Heaven is comparable to a treasurer to whom the keys to the inner chambers have been handed, whereas the keys to the outer chambers were not handed to him. How can such a treasurer possibly gain entrance to either the inner or the outer chambers?"

-- Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 31a-b

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