That learning should be concentrated in the hands of a few professionals is a new thing in Jewish life, and a very unfortunate thing. The Rabbis compare the Torah to water, because it is freely available to all, and all need it for their health and well-being. And you, who have both thirst and capacity must drink deeply at its well. And when we read that the Torah is not beyond the sea, this means that it is physically accessible to us. As a matter of fact, if I were to say this in some countries, I might find it difficult to justify.
Some people do have to cross seas or continents to acquire the Torah.
But you are a member of the most prominent Jewish community in the world, and you live in a city which has many Jewish cultural and religious organizations. So long as you stay here, even for the rest of your life, you can acquire Torah at the price of a PTC token, or a quart of gasoline, and there is no better buy. I do not think that I have to work too hard to persuade you of this. It seems that you find a joy in study, and your knowledge of the faith to which you are privileged to belong. And I trust it will long be so.