The rest of the world is getting poor b/c of the quarantine רח"ל. I would like to suggest that we Jews can get RICH!!
How?
There is NOTHING more enriching than the ability to independently master traditional texts. There are no words to describe how much meaning and pleasure are added to one's life when he can open up virtually any sefer and learn from it. But that takes training. You know - the "ten thousand hour rule" or something similar.
The more you learn the texts INSIDE [even though LISTENING to someone lecture is also great] - the more you will be able to master them with fluency on your own. There are MILLIONS of Jews who don't even know aleph beis and certainly not beyond. The more you know - the more you can teach them.
The Rambam paskened [Talmud Torah 1-2]:
Just as a person is obligated to teach his son, so, too, is he obligated to teach his grandson, as [Deuteronomy 4:9] commands: "And you shall teach them to your sons and your grandsons."
[Furthermore, this charge is not confined] to one's children and grandchildren alone. Rather, it is a mitzvah for each and every wise man to teach all students, even though they are not his children, as [Deuteronomy 6:7] states: "And you shall teach them to your sons..." The oral tradition explains: "Your sons," these are your students, for students are also called sons, as [II Kings 2:3] states: "And the sons of the prophets went forth."
If so, why do the commandments [explicitly mention] one's son and grandson? To grant precedence to one's son over one's grandson, and one's grandson over the son of a colleague.
EVERYBODY bar none must teach his children. If one is a חכם then he must also teach the children of others. Today, we are all in the category of "חכם" compared to most Jews. But the more we are חכמים - the more we can teach.
NOTE: Before the Rambam ever tells us that WE must learn [that is in the eighth Halacha], he tells us that we must teach. The primary obligation is to teach and the learning should be to that end!!! Everybody lives in a community where he might be able to give shiurim or teach others less knowledgeable. One can also start a blog and share his or her Torah thoughts, as many have done. There is also spreading Torah through whatsapp and other means כידוע לכל!
NOTE: Before the Rambam ever tells us that WE must learn [that is in the eighth Halacha], he tells us that we must teach. The primary obligation is to teach and the learning should be to that end!!! Everybody lives in a community where he might be able to give shiurim or teach others less knowledgeable. One can also start a blog and share his or her Torah thoughts, as many have done. There is also spreading Torah through whatsapp and other means כידוע לכל!
GO FOR THE GOLD!!!
