Why Torah Is the One Investment That Never Loses Value

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Terumah 1:4

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation of (Proverbs 4:2): "For I have given you good instruction." A person who borrows from people, takes merchandise, and sets out on the road — sometimes he loses it. But the Torah is not like this. Rather, a person learns one chapter from here and one chapter from there, and he is sustained by them. Thus (Proverbs 4:2): "For I have given you good instruction."

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