Torah Tidbits

5 February 2012 / 12 Shevat 5772
Issue 0822
Issue 882 - Parshat Vayeira 5770
November 16, 2009

Wisdom & Wit

Wisdom & Wit - Vayeira

By Shmuel Himelstein

R’ Aharon Roke’ach, son of R’ Yissachar- Dov Roke’ach, the Belzer Rebbe, noted: “My father was a very wise man. As we are told that Hashem gives wisdom to the wise, it implies that the person was already wise before Hashem gave him wisdom. That being the case, I asked my father, “where does the person’s original wisdom come from?”
“My father answered: “The beginning of wisdom is fear of Hashem..”

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