In our parasha, we learn about the Kohanim (priests), and we give them lots of honor. We tell them that they can take the first Aliyah (call to the Torah). The order goes like this: Kohen, Levi (Levite), Yisrael (Israelite).
When I was learning in Israel, I used to pray a lot by Hacham Ovadia. One time, when I was there, they took out the Torah and started reading it, beginning with Aliyat Kohen (Aliyah of a Kohen). Hacham Ovadia went up to the Torah, and I had no idea how he could go up to the Torah. He was the Yisrael. This Aliyah is set aside for a Kohen. I then learned the halacha (Jewish law) that says that in a shul (synagogue), if you have a big talmid chacham (Torah scholar) and he's not even a Kohen, he's allowed to take the Aliyah of a Kohen because the Torah that he learned brought him up to level one. Therefore, we can afford him that great honor.
Now there was a story with the Chazon Ish. A Bachur, a boy from Yeshiva, needed a very serious surgery. The doctor told him, “You can die on the operating table.” So the boy said, “You know, I'm going to go to the Chazon Ish and ask him what I should do.” The boy went to the Chazon Ish, and the Chazon Ish right away told him, “Do the surgery.” Then the kid started to tell the Chazon Ish what he was learning in Yeshiva. He started going very deep into explaining and asking questions. The Chazon Ish said, “You know what? Don't do this surgery. Don't do it.” But the kid said, “You just told me to do the surgery. What changed? Why are you now telling me not to do it?” The Chazon Ish said, “Because when you walked in, I realized that you were a yeshiva boy. But now that I see you're so involved in Torah, the Torah brought you to a tremendously high level. Therefore, you need a new ruling. You need me to tell you a totally different psak (ruling).”
Now let's get involved in the Torah. We Jewish people have such a tremendous opportunity. Every word of Torah, we have to understand, is unbelievable.