Berachot 64: Learning for the Love of it

The final daf of our first massechet of Talmud focuses on a discussion of Torah study itself.  Who should study and when; the powerful intellectual and emotional arguments at the core of this practice.  We are to study Torah and to love that practice.  We do not need a reason to practice; we just do it.  Torah scholars are especially blessed by loving the learning of Torah for its own sake.