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==Women Learning Torah== | ==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). [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=21979&st=&pgnum=117 Rav Chaim Palagi (Torah Vchaim n. 208)] explains kabbalistically why women are exempt from this mitzvah.</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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