A Jew is always learning. Above everything, we are people of the book. All us were raised this way. Even those of us who don t believe in God we have religion because we have the Law. For us all, books are religious.
Study is religious.
Each page and each letter on the page has its own special character. Even the white spaces between the letters are holy. A little boy is honored when he carries his papa s prayer book to the synagogue on the Sabbath. In the family, when papa opens his book, all the house becomes quiet. Sha, Papa reads , the Mama says to the children, and all the house respects when there is study inside.