Q&A: The Rabbi’s Motivation to Engage in Torah and Wisdom
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The Rabbi’s Motivation to Engage in Torah and Wisdom
Question
Hello and blessings to the Rabbi,
Rabbi, I have a somewhat personal question, if I may. What makes you love Torah and wisdom so much, and beyond that, how do you have so much motivation to engage in these subjects day and night? I saw that you wrote a column on something close to this, about your motivation in serving God, but I didn’t understand from there a clear answer to my question above.
Answer
I didn’t understand the question. What makes me love chocolate? I love it, that’s all.
Discussion on Answer
That wasn’t his intention. He meant to say that he simply enjoys it, like a person who loves a certain food or has a certain hobby—he just loves it.
Presumably I love it because it tastes good.