מורשה קהלת יעקב Taking Ownership of Torah

Our Rabbis taught, A minor who knows how to shake [the lulav] is subject to the obligation of the lulav; [if he knows how] to wrap himself [with a tallit] he is subject to the obligation of tzitzit; [if he knows how] to look after tefillin, his father must buy tefillin for him; if he is able to speak, his father must teach him Torah and the reading of the Shema. What [in this context] could be meant by Torah? R. Hamnuna said: Moses commanded us the Torah, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.

(1) Yisrael (the Jewish people) is crowned with three crowns: the crown of Torah, the crown of Priesthood, and the crown of Kingship. Aharon merited the crown of Priesthood, as it says (Numbers 25:13), "And the covenant of the Priesthood became his (Aharon's) and his descendant's forever." David merited the crown of Kingship, as it says (Psalms 89:37), "His descendants will exist forever and his throne will be considered like the sun before me." [But] the crown of Torah... now, that is [ready] (lit. "placed, standing, and prepared") for all of Yisrael [to take], as it says (Deuteronomy 33:4), "The Torah was commanded by Moshe, [it is] an inheritance for the congregation of Yakov." [Meaning] anyone who desires can come and take it.

The verse does not state, "the inheritance of the House of Jacob," or "the Seed of Jacob" indicating that many will commune, will convene and gather to them, and the Torah will be the inheritance of Jacob and all who flock to it; these are the converts, the Gerim, who associate themselves with God and serve Him (Isaiah 56:6) and attache themselves to the House of Jacob and are all called His community.

Rabbi Yehuda says: whoever denies the teaching of a Halakha from a student robs him of his ancestral inheritance as it says: Torah Tzivah Lanu Moshe ect. It is an inheritance for all Israel ever since the six days of creation!

...Rabbi Yannai was once walking along the road, and saw a man who was extremely well dressed. Rabbi Yannai said to him: Would you like to come over to my house? The man replied: Yes. Rabbi Yannai brought him into his home, and gave him food and drink. As they were eating and drinking together, he examined him in his knowledge of Bible, and found out that he had none; of Mishnah, he had none; of legends, he had none; of Talmud, he had none. He told him: Wash and recite grace. Said the guest: Let Yannai recite grace in his own home. Yannai Said: Can you at least repeat what I say? Said he: Yes. Said Rabbi Yannai: repeat the following: 'A dog has eaten Yannai's bread.' Offended, the man stood up, and grabbed Rabbi Yannai by the coat! He then said: My inheritance is with you, and you are withholding it from me! Said Rabbi Yannai with puzzlement: What legacy of yours is there with me? He replied: Once I passed by a school, and I heard the voices of the little children saying: 'Moses gave us the Torah, the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.' They did not say 'the inheritance of the congregation of Yannai,' but the 'congregation of Jacob.' Rabbi Yannai asked, “How then are you worthy to eat at my table?” The guest replied, “Never have I heard an evil word spoken against me and returned to argue with the person who spoke it. Never have I seen two people arguing without making peace between them.” Rabbi Yannai then said, “you have so much Derech Eretz and I called you a dog.” ....