'RYehoshua ben Levi said: On each and every day a bas kol emanates from Mt. Chorev and it proclaims and says, “Woe to them, to people, because of the disgrace of the Torah.” For anyone who does not engage in Torah study is called “banned,” as it is stated: [Like] a golden ring in the snout of a pig, [so] is a beautiful woman whose good sense has departed. And it says: The Tablets were God's handiwork, and the script was the script of God, engraved upon the Tablets, do not read [the word as] “charus” (engraved) but [as] “cheirus” (freedom); [this teaches] that there is no free person except one who engages in Torah study. And anyone who engages in Torah [study] is elevated, as it is stated: From Mattanah to Nachliel and from Nachliel to Bamos.