What is the mitzvah of Talmud Torah — Torah study — and its place among the mitzvos?
What is the mitzvah of Talmud Torah — Torah study — and its place among the mitzvos?
The mitzvah of Talmud Torah involves dedicated study, encompassing texts like Mishna and Talmud, requiring one to exert their entire body in its pursuit [2, 5]. It holds a preeminent place among the mitzvot, being one of the "three crowns conferred upon Israel" [3]. Its importance is so foundational that without the ordinance of Yehoshua ben Gamla establishing schools, "the Torah would have been forgotten from the Jewish people" [4].
Sources
- Hayom Yom, Hayom Yom, August 12 — I.e. how do they share in the merit of the mitzva of Torah-study?
- Talmud Bavli, Bava Metzia, Bava Metzia 33b — It was during the era of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi that the beginning of this baraita extolling the study of Talmud was taught. The result was th…
- Mishneh Torah, Talmud Torah 3 — Three crowns were conferred upon Israel: the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of royalty. Aaron merited 1 The Sifre,…
- Talmud Bavli, Bava Batra, Bava Batra 21a — In the latter clause we arrive at the case of schoolchildren who come to learn Torah in his house, and this ruling applies from the time of…
- Talmud Bavli, Eruvin, Eruvin 54a — She kicked him and said to him: Isn’t it written as follows: “Ordered in all things and secure” (ii Samuel 23:5), which indicates that if t…
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