
How to Master Learning Torah for its Own Sake
It is taught in the Gemara that David ha-Melech made it his habit to wake up at midnight and engage in Torah until the break of dawn (Berachot 3b): ΧΦΈΧΦ·Χ¨ Χ¨Φ·ΧΦ΄ΦΌΧ Χ©Φ΄ΧΧΦ°Χ’ΧΦΉΧ ΧΦ²Χ‘Φ΄ΧΧΦΈΧ ΧΦ΄ΦΌΧ ΦΌΧΦΉΧ¨ ΧΦΈΧΦΈΧ ΧͺΦΈΦΌΧΧΦΌΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦ·Χ’Φ°ΧΦΈΧ ΧΦ΄ΧΦ΄ΦΌΧΦΈΦΌΧͺΧΦΉ Χ©ΦΆΧΧ ΧΦΈΦΌΧΦ΄Χ ΧΦ°ΧΦ΅ΧΧΦΈΧ Χ©ΦΆΧΧΦ΄ΧΦ΄ΦΌΧΧ’Φ· ΧΦ²Χ¦ΧΦΉΧͺ ΧΦ·ΧΦ°ΧΦΈΧ ΧΦΈΦΌΧ Χ¨ΧΦΌΧΦ· Χ¦Φ°Χ€ΧΦΉΧ Φ΄ΧΧͺ ΧΦ°Χ ΧΦΉΧ©ΦΆΧΧΦΆΧͺ ΧΦΌΧΦΉ ΧΦΌΧΦ°Χ Φ·ΧΦ΅ΦΌΧ