“This is the blessing” – halakha: A person of Israel who ascended to read the Torah, it is not permitted for him [to read] until he recites the blessing, and then he reads. When Moses was privileged to receive the Torah, first he recited the blessing, and then he read. Rabbi Elazar said: Which is the blessing that Moses recited over the Torah beforehand? ‘Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the world, who chose this Torah, sanctified it, and desired those who fulfill it.’
It does not say ‘who toiled in it,’ and not ‘who contemplate it,’ but those who ‘fulfill it.’ Those who fulfill the words of the Torah – a person says: I have studied wisdom, but I have not studied Torah, what can I do there?15I am unable to study Torah; what can I do with regard to Torah study? The Holy One blessed be He said to Israel: ‘As you live, all the wisdom and all the Torah are one simple matter.
Anyone who fears Me and fulfills the words of the Torah, all the wisdom and all the Torah are in his heart.’ From where is it derived? It is as it is stated: “Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, all who perform it have a good understanding” (Psalms 111:10). “Fear of the Lord is pure, and endures forever” (Psalms 19:10); “Behold, the fear of the Lord, it is wisdom…” (Job 28:28).