Midrash su Deuteronomio 30:11

For this mitzvah (Deuteronomy 30:11) - Halacha: a person in Israel that stands to read from the Torah, how does that person bless? This is what the sages taught: the one who begins and the one who ends say a blessing before and after the Torah (Mishnah Megillah 4:2). And from where do we know that [reading the Torah] needs a blessing before and after? As it is written " Blessed are You, Ad-nai; train me in Your laws. " (Psalms 119:12) - here is the blessing before. And from where do we know that [reading the Torah] needs a blessing after? Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachman said in the name of Rabbi Yonatan: it is written after the song (Deuteronomy 33:1) "and this is the blessing - [so too] one who taught Torah to them and afterwards blessed: here is the blessing afterwards. Another explanation: the Holy Blessed One said "if you merited to bless the Torah, I too will bless you, as it is written "in every place you call My name, I will come to you and bless you" (Exodus 20:21). The rabbis said another explanation: the Holy Blessed One said: if you bless the Torah, you bless your own self. From where [do they know this?] "For through me your days will increase, and years be added to your life" (Proverbs 9:11). And if you say that I gave the Torah to you for your detriment, that is not true, I only gave Torah to you for your benefit since the ministering angels desired Torah and it was hidden from them, as it says, "She has been hidden from the eyes of all living," (Job 28:21) these are the animals, "and from the birds of the sky it has been hidden," these are the angels. How do we know this? As it says, "One of the serafim (type of angel) flew to me," (Isaiah 6:6) God said to Israel: My children! From the ministering angels this thing is out of reach, but from you it is not. From where do we know this? From what is written regarding this issue: "this mitzvah which I enjoin upon you this day is not too baffling for you, nor is it beyond reach" (Deuteronomy 30:11).

Another explanation: "This commandment etc... is not in heaven." Moses said to them, "Do not say that another Moses stood and brought to us a different Torah from the Heavens, I already informed you all that it is not in Heaven, nothing of it remains in the Heavens." Another explanation: Rabbi Chanina said, It (the Torah) and all the vessels of belief in It were given; "its' humility, its' justice, its' integrity, and the gift of its' reward. Another possibility: What does, "It is not in Heaven" mean? Shmuel said, The Torah was not commanded in astrological signs since belief in them is in the heavens. They said to Shmuel, but hey, aren't you an astrologer and also great in Torah? He said to them, I only look at the astrological signs when I am free from the Torah. When is that? When I enter the bathhouse. Another possibility, "It is not in Heaven." They said to Moses our Teacher, but hey, you said to us, "It's not in Heaven, it's not on the other side of the sea, but where is it? he said to them, in the place that is close, in your mouths, and in your hearts to do it, it is not from from you, it is close to you all. Another possibility, "In your mouths and in your hearts to do it." The Rabbis said, Shlomo said seven things about the lazy person, but what Moses said was greater than all of them. What did they say to the lazy person? Your rabbi in the city goes and learns Torah from us? But he argued with them and responded. I am afraid from the lion on the way. From where is this learned? (Proverbs 26:13) A lazy man says, “There’s a cub on the road" They said to him, "But hey, your rabbi in the country stands and goes with him." He replied to them, "I'm afraid that there will not be a lion in the street, for it says,"a lion in the street"(proverbs 26:13) They said to him, "But hey, the lazy one lives with/in your house. He said to them, "And the lion is outside. They said to him, "Inside the house, he replied to them and said, (what happens) if I am walking and find the door locked, I return and come? They said to him, it is open, and from where do you know that