Even If You Don't Remember - Rabbi Gershon Turetsky

the madrid tells us that when moshe video was up at har sinai being macabre the torah he was there for 40 days and every day the mentor says he would learn he would forget at the end of those 40 days marshall peter turned to our karsh bar phone he said i've been here for 40 days i don't know anything what should i do so the measures tells us at that moment that coach burfoot gave moshe the torah put it into his mind so he was able to cope with the torah which begs the question if mosher made him receive the torah in one shot at the end of the 40 days why was he up there for 40 days learning torah he could have just gone up we could have avoided the whole golden calf he could have gone the target walked back down what was the purpose of moshe's learning for those 40 days up at our sinai shaymi shmuel gives a beautiful answer says as follows that yes granted mo shabbat didn't retain anything that he learned but it was the process of learning it was the experience of learning that made such an indelible oppression upon him that allowed him to be mecopulatory at the end of those 40 days we can learn from here we can understand from here is that we learn torah and as we approach shibuyas maybe we're going to feel a bit uh depressed maybe we're going to feel a little bit anxious because we learn a lot but we don't remember anything we have nothing to show for all that we've learned so we hit shabbos we say torahs is really my holiday but i think the answer is based upon the shame you smell that even if you don't remember everything that you learned the process of learning makes an indelible impression upon you that allows you to be to be macabre in the future that's we have to focus on not necessarily what we retain but the learning process and i'm sure if you keep that in mind we make ourselves better people the world a better place very soon and wishing you all a good year [Music]