Learning Torah

Source: Halachipedia: Learning Torah

Link: 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)