54 Torah Talks: From Layperson to Layperson

(Ezra 7:10) "The Holy One, blessed be He, says: If a man occupies himself with the study of the Torah and with works of charity and prays with the congregation, I account it to him as if he had redeemed Me and My children from among the nations of the world." (Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot, 8a)