Toras Chesed: Reflections on the Daf #2 - Brachos Daf 6 by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

(PLEASE LEARN THIS FOR THE REFUA SHELAMA OF RAV CHAIM KANIEVSKY-Rav Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim ben Pesha Miriam,Rav Shteinman - Aaron Yehuda Leib ben Gitel Feiga, Rav Weiss - Yitzchak Tuvia ben Rikal, Rav Yosef - Yaakov Chai ben Margalit Harav Shlomo Leib Ben Miriam - HaRav Shlomo Brevda Harav Yeshaya Yaakov Ben Raizel - HaRav Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal Harav Meshulem Fish Ben Tziril - The Toshe Rebbe Rav Yerachmiel Shlomo Hakohen ben Raizel. -Rav Yerachmiel Shlomo Rothenberg, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva of Mountaindale Rav Shaul ben Pasha-Gavaad Zurich, Switzerland and rav of Beis Medrash Agudas Achim for a refuah shleima b’soch kol cholei am Yisrael.)(AND L"N RAV YOSEF SHALOM BEN RAV AVRAHAM(RAV ELYASHIV ZT"L) In this week's essay, I would like to reflect upon the fact that just as our prayers must contain an element of bein adam lechaveiro, so too our Torah study must ideally be done in the context of our relationship with another person. I draw your attention to the passage in the Gemara on daf 6a which reads: "Two people, their words of Torah are written in the Book of Remembrance (Sefer Hazichronos)... However, a single individual's words of Torah are not written in the book of remembrance." Tosafos in D"H Chad point out that individuals too are inscribed in the Book of Remembrance, but are recorded alone and not in the company of others. After all, the phrase in the second perek of Pirkei Avos, which reads "...And all your deeds are written in the book..." applies to every individual. But clearly, the Gemara is stressing that the Torah study done in the company of another stands higher than Torah study done alone. Why? What is it that makes Torah of two superior to Torah of one?