Musar untuk Yesaya 43:21

Also consider that the Holy One, Blessed be He, has given permission to no people in the world to tell His praises other than Israel, as it is said, "The people which I have formed for Myself, that they might tell of My praise" (Is. 43:21). And it is written, "For thou art a holy people unto the Lord thy God" (Deut. 7:6). And it is written, "And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure" (Deut. 26:18). And it is written "To make thee high above all nations" (Deut. 26:19). And the Holy One, Blessed be He, did not give any creature the ability to know the Name, Blessed be He, save to Israel, as it is written, "Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that the Lord, He is God; there is none else beside Him" (Deut. 4:35). And it is written, "And what great nation is there, that hath statutes, and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day" (Deut. 4:8). And it is written, "Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; and Him shalt thou serve" (Deut. 6:13).

Thus the Torah is an elixir of life, but only for those who study it for pure motives and do not seek honor through the disgrace of their colleagues. It protects those who study for pure motives from thoughts of sin and it stands by them at the moment of judgment. Thus it is taught in the Zohar (Parashas Vayakhel 200a): When one studies Torah it is as if one were in the palace of the Holy One Blessed is He. For when a person engages in study the Holy One Blessed is He is present, listening to his voice. Thus the man is saved from three judgments: from judgment in this world, from judgment by the Angel of Death [that is, he dies by a kiss from the Holy One Blessed is He instead], and from judgment in Gehinnom. But this is true only if he studies for pure motives and with love. Then the Holy One Blessed is He glories in him, saying, “I have fashioned this people for Myself, etc.” (Yeshayahu 43:21) and calls him, “Israel, you in whom I glory” (ibid. 49:3).