Sunday Tamuz 1, 2nd day of Rosh Chodesh 5703
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: Chukat, First Parsha with Rashi. Tehillim: 1-9. Tanya: Ch. 9. In regard (p. 325)...these ad infinitum. (p. 325).

Mesirat Nefesh (self-sacrifice) for Torah-scholars means, "When a man dies in a tent," [1] as interpreted by our sages, [2] to "put to death" all pleasure-taking in worldly matters - for even trivial wordly delights are obstacles to being thoroughly devoted and dedicated to the "tent" of Torah.

   

Notes:

1. (Back to text) Bamidbar 19:14.

2. (Back to text) See Berachot 63b: "From whence do we know that Torah knowledge permanently remains only in an individual who gives his very life (as it were) for it? From the verse, "When a man dies in a tent," i.e. he gives his very life to be in the "tent of Torah," renouncing all wordly pleasures.