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# One should apportion one's time to study torah into three, one portion Torah SheBichtav (written torah; Tanach), one portion Torah SheBalpeh (oral Torah; mishna, gemara, and explanation of Torah Shebechtav), and one portion of Talmud which is thinking about Torah, extracting one thing from another, comparing things, and expounding Torah according to the Midot of the Torah. <ref> S"A Y"D 246:4 based on Rambam's understanding of Kedushin 30a </ref> The above applies when one is beginning one's study, however once one is knowledgeable in Torah and Mishna one can move on to study only Talmud. <ref> Rambam (Hilchot Talmud Torah 1) writes that when one masters Torah SheBechtav one should focus on Torah SheBalPeh. Kesef Mishna (ibid.) writes that such a ruling is obvious because study of Talmud is the most time consuming. S"A YD 246:4 rules like the Rambam. Birkei Yosef YD 246:4 laments the fact that many people only read the abridged halachot and dispair from the difficult study of talmud because they are decreasing torah (against the principle of "VeYagdil Torah VeYadir") and causing the reasonings to be forgotten. </ref> | # One should apportion one's time to study torah into three, one portion Torah SheBichtav (written torah; Tanach), one portion Torah SheBalpeh (oral Torah; mishna, gemara, and explanation of Torah Shebechtav), and one portion of Talmud which is thinking about Torah, extracting one thing from another, comparing things, and expounding Torah according to the Midot of the Torah. <ref> S"A Y"D 246:4 based on Rambam's understanding of Kedushin 30a </ref> The above applies when one is beginning one's study, however once one is knowledgeable in Torah and Mishna one can move on to study only Talmud. <ref> Rambam (Hilchot Talmud Torah 1) writes that when one masters Torah SheBechtav one should focus on Torah SheBalPeh. Kesef Mishna (ibid.) writes that such a ruling is obvious because study of Talmud is the most time consuming. S"A YD 246:4 rules like the Rambam. Birkei Yosef YD 246:4 laments the fact that many people only read the abridged halachot and dispair from the difficult study of talmud because they are decreasing torah (against the principle of "VeYagdil Torah VeYadir") and causing the reasonings to be forgotten. </ref> | ||
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- One should apportion one's time to study torah into three, one portion Torah SheBichtav (written torah; Tanach), one portion Torah SheBalpeh (oral Torah; mishna, gemara, and explanation of Torah Shebechtav), and one portion of Talmud which is thinking about Torah, extracting one thing from another, comparing things, and expounding Torah according to the Midot of the Torah. [1] The above applies when one is beginning one's study, however once one is knowledgeable in Torah and Mishna one can move on to study only Talmud. [2]
References
- ↑ S"A Y"D 246:4 based on Rambam's understanding of Kedushin 30a
- ↑ Rambam (Hilchot Talmud Torah 1) writes that when one masters Torah SheBechtav one should focus on Torah SheBalPeh. Kesef Mishna (ibid.) writes that such a ruling is obvious because study of Talmud is the most time consuming. S"A YD 246:4 rules like the Rambam. Birkei Yosef YD 246:4 laments the fact that many people only read the abridged halachot and dispair from the difficult study of talmud because they are decreasing torah (against the principle of "VeYagdil Torah VeYadir") and causing the reasonings to be forgotten.
