Wednesday, May 8, 2013

What Is The Most Important Thing?

הל' קריאת שמע פ"א ה"ב - "ומקדימים לקרות פרשת שמע מפני שיש
בה יחוד השם ואהבתו ותלמודו שהוא העיקר הגדול שהכל תלוי
בו
 
The Rambam says something quite remarkable here. He explains that we start Shema with the paragraph that we do because it contains mention of the oneness of Hashem, the love we must have for him and LEARNING TORAH which is [i.e. learning Torah] the basic principle upon which EVERYTHING rests.
 
[Rav Soloveitchik often quoted this Rambam]