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Is Torah for everyone?

Why is learning the inner aspects of the Torah so important nowadays? The answer is twofold:
a) The rabbis write of the tremendous descent of later generations. We are like a person in a deep slumber or coma, unaware of and unattuned to the holiness of G‑d and His Torah. Additionally, the world at large has descended into a much deeper spiritual darkness. Under such conditions, the only antidote is to unleash the power of the inner light of Torah.
b) As expounded upon by the Zohar, the Arizal, the Baal Shem Tov, and the Vilna Gaon, among many others, learning the inner teachings of the Torah is a crucial preparation for the coming of the Moshiach and the final redemption.