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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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What to do with Torah novella thought in the bathroom by accident
Shulchan Aruch HaRav writes (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:8):
אסור לתלמיד חכם לעמוד במקום הטינופת לפי שאי אפשר לו בלא הרהורי תורה ומכל מקום מותר לו ליכנס לבית הכסא או למרחץ אף מתוך פלפול והלכה שאינה פסוקה …
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Learning laws of aveilut when your parents are alive?
Here it brings the following sources on the matter:
The Chasam Sofer (Shut Y.D. 346) was concerned about it and spoke about pushing off the learning until the coming Tisha B'Av.
Sefer Chassidim (261) …
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Is it forbidden for a woman to learn Gemara?
An interesting data point. In Lubavitcher Rabbi's Memoirs describes a woman named Devorah who grew up in Minsk where women were better educated, and she herself learned Gemarra with Rashi by the age o …
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Does a superficial malformation of the Tanach's cover defile the Tanach?
Judaism doesn't have a concept of defiling holy books in that sense. They have to be treated respectfully, but even if they weren't (and your case really isn't such an example) they don't lose their s …
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Midrash About God Repeating Words of Torah
This is found in Tanna Devei Eliyahu Rabba, beginning of chapter 18 and Yalkut Shamoni Eicha 1034.
The Tanna Devei Eliyahu version is:
מאי שפכי כמים לבך נוכח פני ה' מכאן אמרו כל ת"ח שיושב וקורא ושונה …
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Sefarim to learn in Elul
Rabbi Yosef Ber Soleveitchik would teach Likkutei Torah from the Ba'al HaTanya during Elul in preparation for Rosh Hashana.
The relevant Ma'amarim start in Parshas Reih and continue from there.
I ha …
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Sefarim to learn in Elul
Shulchan Aruch HaRav writes (O.C. 429):
חכמים הראשונים תקנו בזמן שבית המקדש היה קיים שיתחילו הדרשנים לדרוש ברבים הלכות הרגל שלשים יום לפני הרגל דהיינו ... ומי"ד באלול ואילך ידרשו הלכות החג ... ותק …
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Why does ArtScroll place Birkot Hatorah towards the end of Birkot Hashachar?
It uses this order because that is the traditional Nusach it is using. The Ramo justifies this in O.C. 46:9, see here for additional sources, primarily the Maharil and the Maharam MiRottenburg, both A …
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How do we understand the idea of something missing from the mishnah חסורי מיחסרא והכי קתני?
An explanation I heard from my teacher in Yeshiva, Rabbi Sholom Shpalter (he quoted it from somewhere, but I don't remember where):
The Mishna deliberately overly shortened concepts to keep the idea …
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What is learning torah lishma?
The Alter Rebbe in Hilchos Talmud Torah (4:3) defines Lishma as learning LeShem Shamayim - for the sake of heaven. In other words, to do what G-d wants, and not to receive a reward in this world or th …
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What are the "Mishnah" and "Gemara" referenced in Pirkei Avot 5?
The Alter Rebbe in his Hilchos Talmud Torah (2:1) defines Mishna as Halachic decisions which explain the 613 Mitzvos, their conditions and details, as well as Rabbinic enactments, as statements withou …
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Everything is in the Torah
One source for this is the introduction of the Ramban to Sefer Bereishis, where he says that the 50 gates of wisdom minus one that were given to Moshe represent knowledge about all that is in creation …
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Getaways that are focused on learning
What available programs are there for someone looking to get away for a few days in an environment focused on learning?
I know of many such programs targeted for Ba'alei Teshuva or potential Ba'alei …
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Words of Torah Need Not Be Enunciated
Encyclopedia Talmudis (הרהור כדבור) says that the Meiri holds this way (it does not mention the Ritva) and any Rishon who holds the Halacha is like Ravina that thought is equivalent to speech in regar …
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Learning before Davvening
The Rambam writes (Tefilla 4:18):
וכן אין עומדין להתפלל לא מתוך שחוק, ולא מתוך קלות ראש, ולא מתוך שיחה, ולא מתוך מריבה, ולא מתוך כעס--אלא מתוך דברי תורה. ולא מתוך דין הלכה, אף על פי שהן דברי תורה, כ …
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