"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished"The spiritual intention of this passage is to help us recognize that the Torah is not a book about morals, values, and ethics. The Torah is the actual channel and portal by which we connect to the Light of The Creator. This awareness gives us the ability to activate the Torah's spiritual powers. When we study the Torah, it becomes a vehicle by which we literally elevate into the Upper Worlds.Bereshit B: Verse 176ויכלו השמים והארץ וכל צבאם, רבי אלעזר פתח, מָה רַב טוּבְךָ אֲשֶׂר צָפַנְתָּ לִירֵאֶיךָ פָּעַלְתָּ לַחוֹסִים בָּךְ נֶגֶד בְּנֵי אָדָם, ת"ח קב"ה בָּרָא לְבַר נָשׂ בְּעָלְמָא, וְאַתְקֵין לֵיהּ לְמֶהֱוֵי שְׂלִים בְּפוּלְחָנֵיהּ, וּלְאִתְתַּקָּנָא אָרְחוֹי, בְּגִין דְּיִזְכֵּי לִנְהוֹרָא עִלָּאָה, דְּגָנִיז קב"ה לְצַדִּיקַיָּיא, כד"א עַיִן לֺא רָאָתָה אֱלֺהִים זוּלָתְךָ יַעֲשֶׁה לִמְחַכֵּה לוֹ."Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their hosts" (Beresheet 2:1). Rabbi Elazar quoted, "How great is Your goodness which You have laid out for those who fear You. You have wrought for them who put their trust in You, before the sons of men" (Tehilim 31:20). Come and behold: The Holy One, blessed be He, created man in the world. He gave him the abilities to perfect himself in His service and to correct his ways so as to merit the supernal light that the Holy One, blessed be He, saved for the righteous. As it is written: "neither has the eye seen, that Elohim, besides You" (Yeshayah 64:3) ALLUDING TO THE STORED LIGHT. The words, "should do such a thing for him that waits for Him," REFER TO THE RIGHTEOUS.Bereshit B: Verse 177וּבַמֶּה יִזְכֵּי לֵיהּ לְבַר נָשׁ לְהַהוּא נְהוֹרָא, בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. דְּכָל מַאן דְּאִשְׁתַּדַּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא בְּכָל יוֹמָא, יִזְכֵּי לְמֶהֱוֵי לֵיהּ חוּלְקָא בְּעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי, וְיִתְחַשֵׁב לֵיהּ כְּאִלּוּ בָאנֵי עָלְמִין, דְּהָא בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא אִתְבְּנֵי עַלְמָא וְאִשְׁתַּכְלֵל, הה"ד ה' בְּחָכְמָה יָסַד אֶרֶץ כּוֹנֵן שָׁמַיִם בִּתְבוּנָה, וּכְתִיב וָאֶהְיֶה אֶצְלוֹ אָמוֹן וָאֶהְיֶה שַׁעֲשׁוּעִים יוֹם יוֹם, וְכָל דְּאִשְׁתַּדֵּל בָּהּ, שַׁכְלֵיל עָלְמִין, וְקַיֵּים לֵיהּ, וְתָּא חֲזֵי, בְּרוּחָא עֲבִיד קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא עָלְמָא, וּבְרוּחָא מִתְקַיְימָא, רוּחָא דְּאִינוּן דְּלָעָאן בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן רוּחָא דְּהֶבֶל דְּרַבְיֵי דְּבֵי רַב.And how can one merit this STORED light? THE ANSWER IS, only through CONSTANT OCCUPATION WITH Torah. He who occupies himself with Torah every day merits a place in the World to Come, and it is considered as if he had built worlds. Through Torah, the world was built and completed. Thus, the words, "Hashem founded the earth with wisdom, He established the heavens with understanding" (Mishlei 3:19), REFER TO THE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING FOUND IN TORAH. And it is also written, "And I was by Him, as a nurseling (Heb. amon); and I was daily His delight" (Mishlei 8:30), WHICH MEANS THAT TORAH WAS HIS CRAFTSMANSHIP (HEB. UMANUT) IN CREATING THE WORLD. Thus, whoever is occupied IN TORAH completes and preserves the worlds. Come and behold: The Holy One, blessed be He, made the world by a breath and by a breath it is preserved. IT IS PRESERVED BY the breath of the mouths of those who study Torah. It is preserved even more by the breath of the children in the houses of learning, BECAUSE THE WORLD IS PRESERVED BY IT.

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