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# It is permissible to read Tanach on Friday night or the night of [[Yom Tov]]. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 238:1, Sh"t Yabia Omer 6:30, Sh"t Maharashdam 1:158 </ref> | # It is permissible to read Tanach on Friday night or the night of [[Yom Tov]]. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 238:1, Sh"t Yabia Omer 6:30, Sh"t Maharashdam 1:158 </ref> | ||
# It is permissible to learn Tanach along with Rashi at night. <ref> Sh"t Veyeche Yacov O"C 9, Piskei Teshuvot 238:1 </ref> | # It is permissible to learn Tanach along with Rashi at night. <ref> Sh"t Veyeche Yacov O"C 9, Piskei Teshuvot 238:1 </ref> | ||
==Women | ==Women Learning Torah== | ||
# Women are exempt from learning Torah.<Ref>Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:1)</ref> Nonetheless, women may learn torah and will be rewarded for their actions. However, women are obligated to learn the laws of the mitzvot that apply to them. <ref> Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 246:6 | # Women are exempt from learning Torah.<Ref>Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:1)</ref> Nonetheless, women may learn torah and will be rewarded for their actions. However, women are obligated to learn the laws of the mitzvot that apply to them. <ref> Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 246:6 | ||
* '''Exemption''': The Gemara Kiddushin 29b derives from the pasuk that women are exempt form learning Torah. Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:1) and Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 246:6 codify this. | * '''Exemption''': The Gemara Kiddushin 29b derives from the pasuk that women are exempt form learning Torah. Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:1) and Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 246:6 codify this. | ||
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* '''Torah Shebichtav''': The Rambam ibid. writes that preferably one shouldn't teach women Torah Shebichtav. Taz YD 264:4 writes that it is permitted and even ideal to teach women Torah Shebichtav on a simple level. Sheol UMeishiv 3:41 and Atret Zekenim OC 47:3 agree. | * '''Torah Shebichtav''': The Rambam ibid. writes that preferably one shouldn't teach women Torah Shebichtav. Taz YD 264:4 writes that it is permitted and even ideal to teach women Torah Shebichtav on a simple level. Sheol UMeishiv 3:41 and Atret Zekenim OC 47:3 agree. | ||
* '''Learning Halacha''': The Agur (Siman 2) writes that women are obligated to learn the halachot that apply to them. Sefer Chasidim 313, Maharil 45:2, Rama YD 246:6, Taz 47:14, and Shulchan Aruch HaRav (Talmud Torah 1:16) agree.</ref> | * '''Learning Halacha''': The Agur (Siman 2) writes that women are obligated to learn the halachot that apply to them. Sefer Chasidim 313, Maharil 45:2, Rama YD 246:6, Taz 47:14, and Shulchan Aruch HaRav (Talmud Torah 1:16) agree.</ref> | ||
==Non-Jews Learning Torah== | |||
# If a non-Jew wants to learn Torah there is a dispute in the poskim if a Jew may teach him about the seven Mitzvot Bnei Noach.<ref>See Yabia Omer YD 2:17</ref> | |||
==Teaching Torah== | ==Teaching Torah== |