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The Purpose of the Torah
You must declare before G-d, your G-d, “I have removed the holy [tithes] from the house; I have given them to the Levite, to the convert, the orphan, and the widow, in accordance with all Your commandment that You commanded me…”
Deut. 26:13
The Torah requires the Jewish farmer to give the priests his first fruits, and afterward to give them an additional portion (terumah) of the rest of his ongoing harvest.
Allegorically, the first fruits represent the soul, for our souls in their original form preceded the rest of creation. The priests’ due from the rest of the harvest represents the Torah, for the farmer must give the priest his due before he does anything else with his harvest, and the Torah is the first stage – the blueprint – creation.
Thus, the fact that the first fruits must be given to the priest before his due from the rest of the crop alludes to the fact that the soul preceded the Torah in the order of creation. Thus, we see that G-d did not create us for the sake of the Torah; He created the Torah for us, in order for our souls to achieve a higher and deeper connection to Him.
—From Daily Wisdom 3