So, why learn Penimius HaTorah?

The final redemption will come only through the learning of the Torah, but the most critical part of that final redemption….. will be specifically dependent on the learning of Penimius HaTorah.

(The Gra, Even Shleima)

In the merit of learning the Sefer Zohar….. Jews will be redeemed from exile with rachamim. 

 (Zohar, Chelek gimmel)

The only pleasure Hashem receives from his entire creation…. is when his children below are immersed in learning Chochma’s HaNistar.

 (Arizal, Eitz Chaim)

Hashem created man only for the purpose of learning Chochmas Ha’Emes.

 (Intro – Eitz Chaim)

When it comes to learning Zohar which is mostly hashkafa the Chofetz Chaim said there are no restrictions…….and he strongly encouraged everyone even bochurim to learn every Shabbos the Zohar on that week’s parsha.

 (Chofetz Chaim)

A person who immerses himself in the study of Mishna and Talmud, and doesn’t set aside time to also learn the hidden dimension of the Torah, is compared to a body that dwells in darkness, lacking the life sustaining energy of the soul. 

(R’ Chaim Vital)

A person who’s capable of learning and comprehending Torah’s HaNistar, and makes no effort to learn it, will be judged with harsh punishments, God forbid. 

(Gra, Even Shleima)

A person that doesn’t understand sod, even the simple understanding of the Torah will elude him.

 (Gra, Mishlei)

The sin of Adam HaRishon eating from the tree of knowledge….. is that he didn’t choose to immerse himself in the learning of Chochma’s Ha’Emes. 

(Arizal, Intro Eitz Chaim)

In the zechus of learning the Sefer Zohar, the Jewish nation will be redeemed from exile.

 (Zohar, Rashbi)

Woe to those who insulted the Torah….. they choose not to learn Chochmas HaEmes, which brings honor to the Torah, their bad judgment prolongs the exile.

 (Intro – Eitz Chaim)

Those that say Torah contains nothing more than the simple meaning, there is no doubt….those people will not have a portion in the world to come. 

(R’ Chaim Vital, Intro – Eitz Chaim)

A person doesn’t completely fulfill his obligation of “Talmud Torah” with the study of Chumash, Mishna, Midrash, and Talmud alone….. He still is obligated to exert himself to his full capacity and to the best of his ability in the study of Penimius HaTorah. 

(Intro – Eitz Chaim)

The Shechina answers….” What can I say? The people don’t want to wake up, they are in a deep slumber. All the people eat chaff,  they are like animals that eat grass.” They only desire the simple understanding of the Torah (Pashut Pshat) and not the secrets and deeper meaning of the Torah. Like chaff they make my Torah dried out and lifeless.

(Tikunei Zohar – 30)

Woe to the people whose eyes are closed, regarding them it is said “their eyes have never seen the true light of the Torah, they are like animals…..they only know the chaff of the Torah.”

 (Tikunei Zohar – 49)

The people who don’t learn Chochma’s Ha’Emes…..are holding back the final redemption.

(Gra perush on Tikunei Zohar)

The later generations living in the times of Chevlei Mashiach…..have permission to learn Chochma’s HaNistar more than previous generations.

(Shalah HaKodesh)

The Arizal says specifically during the later generations of Chevlei Mashiach…..it’s not only permissible, but a mitzvot to reveal this wisdom.

 (Baal HaTanya)

From the year 5300 of creation….It’s a special mitzvah to be immersed in the learning of Penimius HaTorah. In the merit of this mitzvot and this mitzvah only…..we will merit to see the coming of Mashiach…..it is not acceptable to be apathetic. 

(Zohar – Ra’aya Mehemna)

From the year 5300 permission was granted to anyone who yearns to come close to the living G-d….to immerse himself in Chochma’s Ha’Emes, to enter and take his piece of eternity.

(Leshem, R’ Shlomo Elyashiv)

A person must continue to be reincarnated……until he fulfills his obligation to toil in all 4 parts of the Torah. (Pardes:  pshat, remez, drush, sod) 

(Shaar Mitzvot, Shaar Gilgulim)

One hour of learning sod makes a tikkun above, that an entire year of learning pshat can’t accomplish.

(Tikunei Zohar – 43)

Those that say it’s not necessary to learn Penimius HaTorah, and also they don’t want others to learn Penimius HaTorah, and they say there is only pshat in Torah and Talmud…..the Torah views them as if they returned the world to be void and desolate. 

Fortunate is the portion of those who know Hashem’s secrets, that know and recognize him properly. They will reap their reward in this world and the next.

 (Tikunei Zohar – 43)

A person that never saw and never tasted the light of Chochma’s Ha’Emes, never saw light all the days of his life. Many people have separated themselves from this wisdom, everyone who separates themselves from sod, separates themselves from eternal life.

(Shalah, Shnei Luchos Habris)

It’s impossible to fulfill the mitzvah of “knowing Hashem” without learning Chochma’s Ha’Emes. Chochma’s Ha’Emes is simply a body of knowledge uniquely designed by the creator himself to bring us to higher and higher levels of Emunah. 

(Ramchal, R’ Moshe Chaim Luzzatto)

There is nothing more important than learning sod. A person that doesn’t want to learn the hidden Torah……it’s as if he never learned. If there is no inner wisdom…..there is no inner fear of heaven.

(Rav Yaakov Abuhatzeira, Alef Binah)