Shevet Levi was not counted amongst the rest of Bnei Yisrael. They were on a higher plateau. When one’s on such a level, you can’t count them in the same league.

To know Torah a person needs to make himself into a desert. Only then can he come out on top with knowledge.

The Parsha clearly spells out that Shavous is in the air. Get ready.

The difference between a Machlokes which is lshem shamayim and one that not is stark. It’s that both sides come from a good place, and thus the result is extremely different.

Learning Torah isn’t just to know what to do. It’s also a means in itself. And with that it requires effort and toil.

Rebbe Akiva tragically lost 24,000 students. He could very well of gave up then and there. But he didn’t. He went on. As a result, the Torah is alive and well.

Elisha Ben Avuya unfortunately didn’t end up in a good place. He didn’t take to heart that there’s always a time to get better, to do more, & to improve.

The Torah singles out Har Sinai regarding Shmeita and no other mitzvah to show that the this mitzvah isn’t like any other. You see the the reward much more easily.

Yom tov gets its kedusha because it was already setup that way back. Now that those days have that kedusha we do more mitzvos as a result.

The mishna tells us that there needs to be a slow process to get to the point of not doing an aveira. One cannot go to the end point right away.