A Gentile Engaged in Torah Like a High Priest

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A Gentile Engaged in Torah Like a High Priest

A Gentile Engaged in Torah Like a High Priest

The value of Torah study is so great that it can elevate a person to an exceedingly high level.

("From where [do we know] that even a Gentile who engages in Torah is like a High Priest? The Talmud says (Vayikra 18): 'Whoever does them shall live by them'—‘them’ refers to priests, Levites, and Israelites; it does not say 'except a person.' You have learned that even a Gentile who engages in Torah is like a High Priest!" - Bava Kamma 37a. Similarly: "R. Meir used to say: From where do we know that even a Gentile who engages in Torah... [is so]? There, [it is referring to] his seven commandments." - Yalkut Shimoni Torah, Parashat Acharei Mot, Remez 183)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גּוֹי וְעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה כְּכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: עֵרֶךְ לִמּוּד הַתּוֹרָה כָּל כָּךְ חָשׁוּב עַד שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְהַעֲלוֹת אֶת הָאָדָם לְדַרְגָּה גְּבוֹהָה בְּיוֹתֵר.

("מִנַּיִן שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ נָכְרִי וְעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁהוּא כְּכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר)וַיִּקְרָא יח) אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם, כֹּהֲנִים וּלְוִיִּם וְיִשְׂרְאֵלִים לֹא נֶאֱמַר אֶלָּא אָדָם, הָא לָמַדְתָּ, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ נָכְרִי וְעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה הֲרֵי הוּא כְּכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל!"- בָּבָא קַמָּא לַח ע"א, וְכֵן:"מִיְּתִיבִי הָיָה ר"מ אוֹמֵר מִנַּיִן שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ גּוֹי וְעוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה וְכוּ', הָתָם בְּשֶׁבַע מִצְוֹת דִּידְהוּ"- יַלְקוּט שִׁמְעוֹנִי תּוֹרָה פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת רֶמֶז תקפז)

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