An Overview: Torah—Written and Oral
Nosson Scherman
1993
When a human being builds a palace, he does not build it according to his own wisdom, but according to the wisdom of a craftsman. And the craftsman does not build according to his own wisdom, rather he uses plans and blueprints in order to know how to make rooms and corridors. The Holy One, blessed is He, did the same. אִסְתַּכֵּל בְּאוֹרַיְתָא…
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