-There are many stories about holy men who were able to push off their death by studying Torah. When they knew it was time for them to die, they would fully absorb themselves in Torah, the Angel of Death, would then have no control over them. (Dovid was an example)
- The fact that many people died while being involved in the study of Torah, is not a problem since there are many lower levels of studying Torah.
- When most people study Torah, they are lucky if they occupy one of the seven slots of their conscious mind with Torah. Many foreign thoughts flow through their mind as they study.
- Even if one is able to fully concentrate, he is very unlikely to have all his attributes attached to the Torah.
- The reason Torah stops the Angel of Death from doing his job is because he has no opening. However, by a regular person there are many openings since he can not fully meditate on the Torah.
- Every drop of Torah guards and protects a person but in some cases the quality of the Torah he is learning is not enough to push off the reason death was decreed upon him.
- Meaning, the sages were able to achieve states of full concentration which would prevent death. A person who can’t do this is sometimes protected by his level of Torah but sometimes not, depending on the circumstances.