Prayer for Torah Study by the Esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

Master of the Universe, grant me the merit to study Torah day and night without ceasing, and may all my pleasure, my yearnings, and my longings be solely for the words of Torah. May I know with certainty that from every single letter of the holy Torah, tens, hundreds, and thousands of angels are created. May I merit to study Torah in holiness and purity, with a joyful heart and with thoughts that are pure, clear, and clean. Through this, may I burn for You with a flaming fire during my Torah study, and may I desire nothing from the matters of this world; I shall desire only You, as it is written: 'As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for You, O G-d. But as for me, the nearness of G-d is my good; I have made Hashem my refuge, to tell of all Your works. Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire none on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, but G-d is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.' May I merit to fulfill the verse: 'For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand; I would rather choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my G-d.' And Rashi explains: 'For a day that is in Your courts, even if I were to die tomorrow, is better than living a thousand years in another place.' Likewise, may all the words of the holy Torah be precious to me, in truth and in sincerity, and may I study Torah day and night without a second of interruption from now and until eternity. Amen, Netzach, Selah, Va-ed.

Master of the Universe, full of mercy, Almighty, from Whom no plan is withheld, Master of the Universe, open my intellect and my mind so that they may be open to the study of Your Torah. May I merit an immense desire to study Torah without ceasing, day and night, and may nothing in the world be able to interrupt me from the study of Torah. May I feel the joy of Torah and the love of Torah in all my 248 limbs and 365 sinews, and may all my limbs be nourished and take delight from the study of Torah. May the holy intellect of Torah study spread throughout all my 248 limbs and 365 sinews, and in the merit of our holy Rebbe, may the desire for Torah study grow within me more and more. May the verse be fulfilled in me: 'Only Hashem delighted in your fathers to love them,' and may I feel Your love for me that is hidden within the study of Torah. May I feel the sweetness that is in the study of Torah, for this is the greatest sweetness in the world, and may the verse be fulfilled in me: 'More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.' May I see miracles and wonders in the merit of Torah study until I reach the level of Ruach HaKodesh (Divine Inspiration) in the merit of Torah study, and may I even merit to revive the dead in the merit of the study of the holy Torah.