The Gemora explains a verse in Tehilim to mean the following: Since the Torah is precious to the Jews as a female dog to gentiles; they will receive the golden jewelry of Ophir.

The comparison is astounding and needs to be explained. The Netziv explains that a gentile’s infatuation and attraction to a female dog cannot be explained and cannot be fathomed by an ordinary person. So too, the love that Klal Yisroel have to the Torah cannot be understood by someone who doesn’t possess the desire to learn. Torah and Klal Yisroel are one and the same. The soul of a Jew is bound to the Torah.