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Can the Torah be done by anyone?

BS"D

     One of the most common question that I found, that have been asked by people for months is Can the Holy Torah be done by anyone? Isn't it too hard?

    

      In the past I went to meet a Christian priest, he tried to convince me to announce Christianity, but I refuse, and one of his statement is that "the Torah is too hard, no one could ever done that through out their entire life, there's 613 commandments. I bet even Moses can't fulfill the entire Torah. That's why our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ came down, to tell us to renounce the Torah and replace it with a 'New Torah', in other words the gospel!"

      It's hilarious to hear this kind of statement. It's a proof that they're being ignorance of what's written in the holy Torah! Furthermore, it shows that they don't understand their "Bible" completely. Let me explain by breaking it down into several points.

• Did Moses (Mosheh) fulfill the entire Torah?

      No, Moses couldn't fulfill the entire Torah. Since he was only a man and not 'both man and woman.

• Is it possible for someone to fulfill the entire Torah (613 commandments)?

   Yes, according to Isaiah. It's possible for Jacob (Yaakov). When we're talking the entire congregation of Israel as individual person, we're going to refer it to Yaakov as Isaiah have written in his books regarding "The servant who suffered".

            

    We have to understand that the Torah isn't a mission for a man or a woman specifically, but rather it's a mission for Israelites. It's not done individually but rather it's done in a large-scale community of Israel, since it's written:

Exodus 24:7

"All that the Lord spoke we will do and we will hear."

    This verse shows that Israelites are responsible for one another (It's written "we" instead of "I"). Thus, it explains that it's a communal task, and not an individual task.

• Is it too hard to be done?

    No, as a common phrase that's written in Deuteronomy says:

Translation :

11 For this commandment which I command you this day, is not concealed from you, nor is it far away

12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, "Who will go up to heaven for us and fetch it for us, to tell [it] to us, so that we can fulfill it?"

13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, "Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us and fetch it for us, to tell [it] to us, so that we can fulfill it?"

14 Rather, [this] thing is very close to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can fulfill it.

This is all that I could explain, may this be a blessing for those who need it. B"H.

"Shammai used to say: make your [study of the] Torah a fixed practice; speak little, but do much; and receive all men with a pleasant countenance." (P"A 1:15)