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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Can concepts in Devarim be used equally to interpret concepts in the other books?
I have a vague memory of a Talmud discussion in which someone tried to use a reference from Devarim to elucidate a mitzvah in one of the earlier 4 books but I believe the conclusion was you cannot ...
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Humanization vs. Barbarism in the Age of AI – What the Torah Teaches About People with Disabilities [closed]
When we read in this week's parsha about caring for the vulnerable – the widow, the orphan, the stranger – we might think these are ancient concerns. But I want to talk today about something very ...
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Adversarial Chavruta Style - applies to Chassidut?
I like to learn Chassidut. Chassidut is based heavily on Kabbalah, and therefore it most likely falls under a "bashamayim hi" lomdus. See this question: Does 'not in heaven' apply to ...
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How do angels look?
According to Genesis 18/1-2, Abraham perceived in the spiritual dimension 4 beings, three of whom had physical bodies.
Lot was not spiritually endowed nor was he righteous. According to Genesis 19/1, ...
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Deeper meaning of "field of knives" being harvested with the "horn of a donkey"?
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The gemara in Bechoros brings a debate between Rabbi Yehoshua and the wise men of Athens, where they asked different riddles to test his wisdom
משרא דסכיני במאי קטלי בקרנא דחמרא ומי איכא ...
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Phraseology of teaching Torah as both "making" and "giving birth"
The Gemara in Sanhedrin 99b writes:
אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: כׇּל הַמְלַמֵּד אֶת בֶּן חֲבֵירוֹ תּוֹרָה, מַעֲלֶה עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב כְּאִילּוּ עֲשָׂאוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְאֵת הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ בְחָרָן״.
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What are the most fundamental sugyos in gemara for learning?
If you were to design a beginner adult course for talmud and rather than going by one whole mesechta at a time what sugyos would be ideal for teaching how to learn, understand the methodology of the ...
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Why did these gedolim seemingly regularly not daven with minyan for sake of focused intense learning?
I know of two Gedolim who apparently went into "seclusion mode" in their youth in order to learn Torah. Interestingly, they both went to a hut by a river.
The first is the Arizal, who did ...
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Does every verse in Tehillim have a "twin" in the Torah?
I heard the Rebbe say that every verse in Tehillim has to do with one verse in the Torah.
Meaning, every verse in Tehillim has a counter-part "twin" in the Torah upon which it is based.
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Chacham Hillel Vs. Chassidic Kabbalah
I heard from my friend Rabbi Botton that Chacham Hillel Shlita has a philosophical difference regarding the way of studying Kabbalah, with the Chassidim. He heard it in a class from a young Chacham ...
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קבע in Torah versus Tefila
Our תפילה is not supposed to be קבע- e.g.:
ברכות ד ד. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, הָעוֹשֶׂה תְפִלָּתוֹ קֶבַע, אֵין
תְּפִלָּתוֹ תַּחֲנוּנִים.
אבות ב יג. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן (בן נתנאל) אוֹמֵר, הֱוֵי זָהִיר
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Source for Burnout
Is there a source that one should let go of limud hatorah when burning out?
How about letting go of other stuff, like kavana by prayer?
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Burnout in Judaism
Where can I find the Torah talking about over-exertion? And how is it that I see gedoilim who learned 18 hours a day and didn't have a breakdown?
See What's the גדר for ביטול תורה?
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Why am I studying the torah
Why am I studying the Torah? I want to know what is the motivation for a person to do so, and continue growing and working on themselves.
I used to think that it is because I want to get rewarded (שכר)...
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What's the גדר for ביטול תורה?
What's the גדר for ביטול תורה? If you want to base חיוב לימוד התורה on what is possible to do then it's possible to study torah 18 hours a day. But if you are realistic it is so hard to cut clear the ...
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