Commentary for Avodah Zarah 10:4
משלחי רגל השור והחמור תנא דבי אליהו לעולם ישים אדם עצמו על דברי תורה כשור לעול וכחמור למשאוי:
“That send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey”: The Tanna of the House of Eliyahu taught: When it comes to the study of Torah one should always make himself like an ox with a yoke and a donkey with a load.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
One should accept the burden of studying Torah just like an ox accepts a yoke and donkey accepts a load. There are many levels to this statement. One way I take it is that human beings were created to study Torah and wisdom. This is what God gave us our intellects for.
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