222. As such, he is called "living," as we have explained in discussing the verse, "And Benaiah, son of Jehoida, the son of a valiant (lit. 'living') man" (II Shmuel 23:20). WHOEVER APPROACHES HASHEM IS CALLED LIVING. Thus, he who is occupied in studying Torah has freedom from everything, including freedom in this world from the enslavement of heathen nations and freedom in the World to Come, for no reckoning will be demanded from him in that world at all.
222. וְהַאי חַי אִקְרֵי, כְּמָה דְאוֹקִימְנָא, דִּכְתִיב, וּבְנָיָהוּ בֶּן יְהוֹיָדָע בֶּן אִישׁ חַי וגו'. וְעַל דָּא, כָּל מַאן דְּאִשְׁתַּדַּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, חֵירוּ אִית לֵיהּ מִכֹּלָּא, בְּעַלְמָא דֵין, מִשִּׁעְבּוּדָא דִּשְׁאָר עַמִּין עעכו"ם, חֵירוּ בְּעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי, בְּגִין דְּלָא יִתְבְּעוּן מִנֵּיהּ דִּינָא בְּהַהוּא עַלְמָא כְּלָל.