Why does the Torah tell us to place the Holy Words on our hearts?

Apparently, there was a young man who was speaking to his rabbi and

he says, “Rabbi, why does the Torah tell us to place the Holy Words on

our hearts? Why doesn’t it tell us to

place the Holy Words in our

hearts?” The rabbi responds, “Well, because as it is, our hearts are a

little closed and we cannot place the words inside our hearts so we

place them on our hearts and there they stay until one day the heart

breaks and the word

s fall in.” That’s really what we’re doing. We’re just

placing these words on our hearts and one day, the heart will break

and the words will fall in