# Learning Torah

Source: Halachipedia: Learning Torah

Link: [https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Learning_Torah](https://halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Learning_Torah)

Categories: `Learning Torah`

Exported: 2025-12-30

Learning Torah is of the most important mitzvot in Judaism because it enables all other mitzvot and draw us closer to Hashem.
## Mitzvot of Talmud Torah
* Laws of Learning Torah
* Shenayim Mikrah (Reading The Weekly Torah Portion)
* Special Tefilla to Say Before and After Learning
* Where Is It Permissible to Learn Torah?
* Bitul Torah (Not Wasting Time From Learning)
* Breaking up Pesukim and Paragraphs of Torah
* Mitzvah to Learn Torah
* Writing a Sefer Torah

## Kavod HaTorah (Respect for Torah)
* Standing for a Talmid Chacham and for the elderly
* Loving Torah Scholars (Talmidei Chachamim)
* Respect for a Shul
* Respecting Holy Books (Kedushat Sefarim)
* Respecting a Sefer Torah
* Geniza (Sheimos/Discarding Holy Material)
* Communal Funds

## Klalim (Rules)
* Klalei HaTalmud (Talmudic Methodology)
* Klalei HaPoskim
* Klalei HaPsak (Halachic Decision Making)