Is practicing laining for a Parsha considered Talmud Torah?
Namely, does this "count" as Torah learning, would one get s'char for this etc OR could it be considered more like memorizing a song?
Sources welcome- thanks!
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Sign up to join this communityIs practicing laining for a Parsha considered Talmud Torah?
Namely, does this "count" as Torah learning, would one get s'char for this etc OR could it be considered more like memorizing a song?
Sources welcome- thanks!
The Shulchan Aruch HaRav Talmud Torah 2/12-13 writes that there is a difference between the 24 seforim of the written Torah, where saying the words is a mitzvah even if you don't understand the meaning of those words. While the oral Torah is a mitzvah only when you understand it.
אך אם מוציא בשפתיו אע"פ שאינו מבין אפי' פירוש המילות מפני שהוא עם הארץ הרי זה מקיים מצות ולמדתם. ולפיכך כל עם הארץ מברך ברכת התורה בשחר לפני הפסוקים וכן כשעולה לספר תורה:
במה דברים אמורים בתורה שבכתב, אבל בתורה שבעל פה אם אינו מבין הפירוש אינו נחשב לימוד כלל
Based on that, each word you read when practicing laining a parsha would be a mitzvah.