Loving Torah Scholars (Talmidei Chachamim)

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  1. The Mitzvah of "ובו תדבק"--cleaving to Hashem--is interpreted by the Sages to refer to cleaving to the Sages and Torah scholars. [1]
  2. Therefore, one should try to marry the daughter of a Torah Scholar, and marry his daughter to a Torah Scholar. [2]
  3. One should try to eat and drink with Torah Scholars, do business with a Talmid Chacham, and to attach to them in all manners. [3]
  4. The Rabbis commanded in Pirkei Avos (1:5)--"be attached to the dirt of their feet, and drink with thirst their words".

Notes

  1. KSA 29:11
  2. ibid.
  3. ibid.