HOSPITALITY It is a very good thing to open the doors of your home to genuine Torah scholars who possess integrity as well as learning. Offering them hospitality will help you to deepen your own faith. This in itself helps to counter the prevalent lack of belief. Offering hospitality to genuine Torah scholars helps to make a tikkunfor the “fallen Torah” which has passed into the hands of those who are learned but unscrupulous. The Holy Zohar refers to these scholars as “Jewish demons” (Zohar 3, 253a). They are the source of all the hostility to those who are truly God-fearing. The way to overcome this hostility is by offering hospitality to genuine Torah scholars (Likutey Moharan 28).
הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים
א. עַל־יְדֵי הַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים אֲמִתִּיִּים לְתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכִין לֶאֱמוּנָה וּלְשַׁבֵּר הַכְּפִירוֹת. וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה מַעֲלִין וּמְתַקְּנִין הַתּוֹרָה הַנְפוּלָה שֶׁל הַתַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים שֶׁאֵינָם הֲגוּנִים, שֶׁהֵם בְּחִינַת שֵׁדִין יְהוּדָאִין, שֶׁמֵּהֶם בָּא כָּל הַהִתְנַגְּדוּת עַל יִרְאֵי הַשֵּׁם. וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה זוֹכִין לְהִתְגַּבֵּר עַל הַמִּתְנַגְּדִים (לק"א סי' כ"ח)
HOSPITALITY
It is a very good thing to open the doors of your home to genuine Torah scholars who possess integrity as well as learning. Offering them hospitality will help you to deepen your own faith. This in itself helps to counter the prevalent lack of belief. Offering hospitality to genuine Torah scholars helps to make a tikkunfor the “fallen Torah” which has passed into the hands of those who are learned but unscrupulous. The Holy Zohar refers to these scholars as “Jewish demons” (Zohar 3, 253a). They are the source of all the hostility to those who are truly God-fearing. The way to overcome this hostility is by offering hospitality to genuine Torah scholars (Likutey Moharan 28).