​In the Hebrew Scriptures and in Jewish storytelling (Midrash),

the Torah is described as spiritual illumination.

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The Lord make His face to shine upon you... with the light of the Torah...

May he enlighten your eyes and heart in the Torah...

For the commandment is a lamp, and the Torah is light (Prov 6:23).

- Numbers Rabbah 11,6

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But those who study the Torah give forth light wherever they may be.

It is like one standing in the dark with a lamp in his hand, as it says,

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Ps.119:105)

- Exodus Rabbah 36,3

Why the name ‘Light of Torah’?

​

In the Hebrew Scriptures and in Jewish storytelling (Midrash),

the Torah is described as spiritual illumination.

​

The Lord make His face to shine upon you... with the light of the Torah...

May he enlighten your eyes and heart in the Torah...

For the commandment is a lamp, and the Torah is light (Prov 6:23).

- Numbers Rabbah 11,6

​

But those who study the Torah give forth light wherever they may be.

It is like one standing in the dark with a lamp in his hand, as it says,

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Ps.119:105)

- Exodus Rabbah 36,3

Why the name ‘Light of Torah’?

 

In the Hebrew Scriptures and in Jewish storytelling (Midrash),

the Torah is described as spiritual illumination.

​

The Lord make His face to shine upon you... with the light of the Torah...

May he enlighten your eyes and heart in the Torah...

For the commandment is a lamp, and the Torah is light (Prov 6:23).

- Numbers Rabbah 11,6

​

But those who study the Torah give forth light wherever they may be.

It is like one standing in the dark with a lamp in his hand, as it says,

Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Ps.119:105)

- Exodus Rabbah 36,3