There is a blessing in just reading the Torah, but there is a special blessing in seeking to understand it. There is a blessing in just following the Torah, but there is a special blessing in seeking out its principles
Alas, there is the temptation, possibly the pride, to think that one can skip the reading and acquire understanding (without reading). Like reading secondary sources but not the texts they comment on.
When you wrote Orach Chaim, did you mean Ohr HaChaim? Thanks.
There is a blessing in just reading the Torah, but there is a special blessing in seeking to understand it. There is a blessing in just following the Torah, but there is a special blessing in seeking out its principles
Alas, there is the temptation, possibly the pride, to think that one can skip the reading and acquire understanding (without reading). Like reading secondary sources but not the texts they comment on.
Beautiful commentary
Beautiful. That dichotomy you present goes really well with the contrast of Yosef and Yehuda