Questions tagged [torah-study]
Questions about the mitzvah to study Torah, and the nature of Torah study. This tag is not intended to be a general tag about Torah. Almost every question on the site is about Torah in some sense. If your question is about a passage in the Bible, try one of the book tags.
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Is it Parashat or Parshat in construct form?
In construct form, is it parashat ______ or parshat _________ in naming Torah portions? How did authoritative grammar mavens bring it down?
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Searching Torah for words following an acrostic pattern
I want to search the entire written Torah [the 5 books] for possible 3 consecutive words with 3 specific letter of Hebrew alphabet based on my choice. Is there any website or program that does this?
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Studying/discussing secular philosophy on Shabbat and their relation to the Torah
I’m curious what the Halacha is regarding studying secular philosophy on Shabbat in order to compare and contrast it to genuine Limmud Torah, for example let’s say someone is discussing Martin Buber’s ...
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Why shouldn't the Israelites have been asleep when God gave the Torah?
On Shavuot eve, we have a custom of staying up all night to study Torah, to make amends because, when the Israelites were about to receive the Torah at dawn, they were sleeping, and God had to awaken ...
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How was Rabbi Akiva’s wish to fulfill the commandment of ״בכל נפשך״ actually fulfilled?
The Gemara (Berachos 61b) tells the story of Rabbi Akiva, who was killed for teaching Torah, and before he was killed, he told his students that he was now finally able to fulfill the commandment of ״...
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What is the meaning of וְתֵן חֶלְקֵנוּ בְתוֹרָתֶךָ?
This phrase appears in 5:20 of Ethics of the Fathers and in our siddur.
One translation is "and grant us our portion in Your Torah" (Sefaria)
But I would think we each have the whole Torah. ...
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Mishnah Berurah's Torah Study Recommendation [duplicate]
Mishnah Berurah 155:3 says:
חייב אדם ללמוד בכל יום תורה שבכתב שהוא תנ"ך ומשנה וגמרא ופוסקים, a
person is obligated to learn every day [the] Written Torah, which
includes TaNaCH - Torah, Prophets ...
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When do we learn the Chok l'Yisrael for parashat Vezot Habrachah?
חוק לישראל is a weekly learning study organised according to the weekly פרשה reading. It consists of readings from the פרשה itself and from נ"ך, משנה, גמרא, זוהר, מוסר and הלכה from Sunday to ...
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Hadran for Tanach? [duplicate]
Is there a hadran recitation to be said upon the completion of learning all of Tanach?
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Does Chabad have a specific response to Breslov about studying Philosophy books?
Chayei Moharan 407-408 brings that Rebbe Nacham forbade studying philosophy works, such as Moreh Nevuchim, Chovot Levavot Gate of Unity, Sefer HaIkkarim, and even sections of Mishneh Torah such as ...
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Why was Zebulun-Issachar pact limited to the two tribes and more questions
The Midrash (B"R 99) describes the arrangement (Rashi calls it a pact) where the tribe of Issachar was engaged in studying the Torah (presumably full-time) and the tribe of Zebulun engaged in ...
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Were Levites allowed to enter the Holy Place or was it only for priests?
The Bible shows that Aaron and his sons were chosen from the rest of the sons of Levi to officiate as priests, and these "other" Levites had secondary functions in religious service. There ...
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Why wasn’t Adam a hunter gatherer?
We see in Genesis 2:15 that Adam is commended to work the land, thus a farmer. How does that align with the supposed fact that we were hunter gatherers before farmers?
In Genesis 2, we also see that ...
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Is it true that the Rebbe said if a person is getting something that isn't openly revealed as good they shouldn't say what did I do to deserve this
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Hi, Is it true that the Rebbe said if a person is getting something that isn't openly revealed as good they shouldn't say what did I do to deserve this? If he did say this what is the source?
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Did Avraham derive and keep the oral and written torah some how on his own before the yeshiva of Noach or only after?
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Hi in this text from sefaria it says that Avrahma even observed the mitzva of eruv tavshilin and even the whole Oral Torah...
the Gemara cites that Rav said: Abraham our Patriarch fulfilled the ...
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How to remember something on Shabbat for after Shabbat (Torah related)
I am looking for some advice on how to remember something one thought of during Shabbat, but can't pursue at the time (such as a question to ask on Mi Yodeya!).
Any and all tips welcome, from memory ...
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What is the correct Avodat Hashem if you are locked in a jail cell extensively?
It is assur to say or think about Hashems name in a place that has a Bathroom. Here I am talking about a small jail cell that has a bathroom.
It seems unfair to this kind of person because they cannot ...
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Learning during the Leader's Repetition of the Amidah - sources that permit it? [duplicate]
The sources are clear that one should not learn Torah during the Leader's Repetition of the Amidah.
See Halichipedia
It is improper to learn Torah or say other parts of davening during
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Source that boredom leads to sin
I remember learning that boredom leads to sin and that there’s a very explicit teaching that we learn this from. Anyone know the source?
*Im aware of Kiddushin 30b but that is specifically of idleness ...
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How do you reconcile Hashem knows everything from knowing himself and your thinking [closed]
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Hi so Rambam says Hashem knows everything from knowing himself Yesodei Torah 2:10, so when he does the action of knowing is this keter or daat?
Also how do you reconcile our knowing with Hashem's? ...
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Vilna Gaon - Torah can bring you up or bring you down
Does anyone know the source of the Vilna Gaon talking about Torah and saying that it can either be used for the good or for the bad, it depends on one’s midot. He said that Torah is like rain. If you ...
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Learning Torah From A Person Who Learns Not Lishma
I’m wondering if there’s any source/mention about learning Torah from someone who learns Torah not lishma. Specifically not lishma from honour. What I mean is, while it’s impossible to know one’s true ...
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On the Rambam's view on funding Torah scholars
Maimonides rejected the notion that Jews must help financially other Jews to study Torah:
All this is wrong. There is not a single word, either in the Torah or in what the Sages said, to lend ...
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Orchot Yosher on why Torah is hard
I heard there’s a section in Orchot Yosher that deals with why Torah is hard to learn in the beginning. Does anyone know where I can find this?
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What do these footnotes mean?
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Hi, what do these footnotes mean? Are they related to the text?
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Where is there a source where shomer negia extends to non-Jews as well
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Hi I saw an article that Shomer Negia comes from "None of you shall come near anyone of his own flesh to uncover nakedness: I am the Lord” (18:6), and “Do not come near a woman during her ...
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Is learning Aleph-Beis considerd Talmud Torah?
Rema (245:8) codifies the obligation to teach one's child to read the Hebrew Alphabet (Aleph Beis), immediately when the child turns 3 years old.
ומכל מקום מיד שיהיה בן ג׳ שנים שלמות מלמדין אותו ...
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"When you raise up the lamps, to the face of the menorah, light 7 lamps"?
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In Parshas bahalosecha it says
"When you raise up the lamps, to the face of the menorah, light 7 lamps"
Why does it first mention "raising up the lamps", without ...
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Are there any Chazalic sources against learning Torah with dirty hands?
It's brought down in the Poskim that if you touch an uncovered part of your body you shouldn't learn Torah until you clean your hands.
I see that you have to wash your hands before krias shema and ...
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Customary learning areas for Shavuos?
Leaving aside the traditional Tikkun Leil Shavuot which includes Chumash, Nach, Mishnah, Gemara, Halacha, Kabbalah etc. the increasingly common current practice is to study a wide variety of materials....
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What is the source of עתיד בהוראת עבר?
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In the רמב"ם לעם commentary of Yad HaChazaka on the sentence כל התורה כתבה משה רבנו קדם שימות it says that the word ימות is classified as the concept of עתיד בהוראת עבר (A word that is in the ...
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Contradiction in Parashat Behukotai Blessings
In Parashat Behukotai it is written: "והשיג לכם דיש את בציר ובציר ישיג את זרע ואכלתם לחמכם לשובע..." (Your threshing shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake the sowing; ...
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When did daf yomi start in practice?
Aruch Hashulchan YD 246:17 writes
וט"ז סעיף קטן א שכתב בשם הדרישה: הבעלי בתים שלומדים רק איזה שעות ביום
טוב, יותר שילמדו ספרי פוסקים ולא גמרא, עיין שם.
ובוודאי שעל כל איש לידע דיני "אורח ...
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Are Dr. Barilan's bioethical writings consistent with Orthodox Jewish law? [closed]
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In general, it's better not to read Torah books by non-frum authors. (Source.) Occasionally, you might stumble across an author you've never heard of. Maybe they're frum; but you don't ...
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Is it okay to read Torah books by non-frum authors?
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You're browsing your local library's Judaism section. There are various books on matters related to Judaism, Jewish law, and the Torah.
Some of these books are written by Jewish authors ...
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Where does the Rebbe write that Rambam was a mekubal
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I heard the Rebbi mi Lubavich (Rebbi) said Rambam was a mekubal. Where does he say this?
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Scanning as a method of learning?
What is the support, origin, or source for scanning as a method of learning? Scanning the text with the eyes without necessarily pronouncing or voicing the text, I've heard this mentioned as a way to ...
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How is Tehilim Teach about The fear of G-d?
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Hi I read in Meam Loez correct me if I am wrong, that Rebbe would say that Psalms teaches about fear of G-d. How does it teach this specifically? & Is he talking about the pshat of Tehilim or ...
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Gemara tractates for Halacha lemaaseh
Which Talmud tractates are most useful for studying practical Halacha lemaaseh? By this I mean, halachot which are practical to practice nowadays (kashrus, Shabbos, niddah, marriage, yom tov etc)
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Examples of people who gained tremendous Torah knowledge very quickly?
I am looking for examples of people in Jewish History who gained tremendous Torah knowledge very quickly.
I suppose R Akiva could be an example though it took him 12 years to go from nothing to major ...
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The Brisk curriculum or the more Classic Lithuanian Yeshiva curriculum?
For a Bocher after Beis Medrash in the USA, what Yeshivas (maybe 3) in Yerushalayim follow the "Brisk" method/curriculum and focus on the tractates that deal with Kodshim, etc. and what ...
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Staying Up and Learning Shavuos night
What's the reason we stay up to learn on Shavuos night? If the reason is because we woke up late for Matan Torah, then why don't we just wake up for the earliest shacharis and be on time?
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Do you force a people to build a wall with Material made in Modern Times?
In the first Mishna of Bava Basra, it says Makom she Nahagu Livnot Gvil Gazit Cafisin Levinin ... Bonin Ha Kol Ke Minhag Hamedina. A place where it's customary to build Gvil Gazit Cafisin Levinin we ...
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Every Forbidden thing has a corresponding opposite
what is the source that every forbidden thing has a corresponding opposite good in the Torah?
For example, I heard correct me if I'm wrong there is a certain kosher fish that tastes like bacon ...
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What's the law if a person has zera levatalah when asleep
I heard that doing zera levatalah is like murder and correct me if I'm wrong the soul of the child that should have been put in a body tries to come back and do stuff to the person and after it has ...
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Where does it say that If a Person has Zera Levatalah the shadim take a day to be created untill the night
I heard if a person has zera levatalah the shadim or deamon that he created take a day to be created untill the night time where they fully form where does it say this?
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Are non-Jews who are converting to Judaism allowed to read the Talmud?
A general question, I’ve been curious about. Are non-Jews who are converting to Judaism allowed to read the Talmud?
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How to calculate what time is Alot Hashachar without Zmanim Apps
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How to calculate what time is Alot Hashachar without going online? How would you percicly be able to measure Alot Hashachar and how many different opinions are there for Alot Hashachar time?
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Torah study vs armed defense
The Midrash tells us that only Torah study protects the Jews:
Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi sent Rabbi Assi and Rabbi Ammi on a mission to organize religious education in the cities of the Land of Israel. ...
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"One who does not waste time, has time for everything" - learning on Shabbos
The Chida, in his Moreh BeEtzba (153) writes basically that on Shabbos, ones occupation should solely be Limud HaTorah. He says,
כי לא נתנו שבתות וי״ט אלא ללמוד תורה. ומי שאינו מאבד הזמן יש עת לכל
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