Beyond Orthodox Conversion to Judaism

The next of the 48 ways of acquiring Torah is don't have pride in your learning. This means that even if one learns a lot, it should not make you think you are so great! The purpose of learning Torah is to transform a person and change them, to envelop the learning into the person.

The goal is to learn from every person even if they have not learned that much. This also teaches a person humility as well. Even if one has learned so much Torah, the Mishna in Avos teaches us previously that one should not think they are so great if they learned Torah because that is what they were created to do in the first place!

Many people try and show off their knowledge and make others feel bad because of their lack of knowledge. It gives them a sense of accomplishment but in reality it puts a chip on their shoulder that is unhealthy.

Every person needs to be motivated to want to learn and review what they learn. Even if one is successful, still it may go to their head. On top of that, they could probably learn more and become even greater if this pride thing did not get in the way.

"Why review and learn more, when I have learned so much," one may think. "I am already doing so much, why exert myself more," they may think. This can ultimately make someone lazy and take shortcuts.  It could also cause them to look down on others as well.

Having too much pride in anything is never good, all the more in Torah because it can uproot a person's good character traits and cause a tremendous downfall!