Is All Torah Learning Equal?

What does it really mean to learn Torah lishma, for its own sake? Is Torah learning primarily about acquiring knowledge, refining character, understanding God's will, sustaining the world, or something else entirely?

Rav Yitzchok Adlerstein and Rav Simi Lerner tackle one of Judaism's most challenging and consequential questions. Along the way, they examine whether different approaches to Torah learning are equally valid, whether Torah must transform the person who studies it, and how we should think about the relationship between depth, breadth, effort, and personal growth. Drawing on sources from Chazal through Rav Chaim of Volozhin, the Gra, Rav Kook, the Alter Rebbe, and Rav Hirsch, they explore what Torah lishma has meant throughout Jewish history, and what it should mean for us today