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# One should be particularly careful about the Brachot of Torah because it shows our appreciation of Hashem’s gift of Torah to the Jewish people. <ref> S”A 47:1. Gemara Nedarim 81a says because the Jews didn’t say Brachot HaTorah the fist bet hamikdash and Israel was destroyed. The Bach 57:1 explains that their intention was to learn Torah just to learn the knowledge and be arrogant in their wisdom. They didn’t internalize the holiness of Torah into their body and soul and this caused Hashem’s Shechina to be removed. </ref> | # One should be particularly careful about the Brachot of Torah because it shows our appreciation of Hashem’s gift of Torah to the Jewish people. <ref> S”A 47:1. Gemara Nedarim 81a says because the Jews didn’t say Brachot HaTorah the fist bet hamikdash and Israel was destroyed. The Bach 57:1 explains that their intention was to learn Torah just to learn the knowledge and be arrogant in their wisdom. They didn’t internalize the holiness of Torah into their body and soul and this caused Hashem’s Shechina to be removed. </ref> | ||
# Some hold Brachot HaTorah are a Biblical Mitzvah and some consider it a Rabbinic institution. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 47:1 </ref> | |||
# Someone who was in doubt, preferably, one should hear someone else make the Brachot (and both the listening and the speaker should have intent to fulfill the obligation), otherwise one should have intent to fulfill the obligation with the Bracha of Ahavah Rabba and learn right after Davening. If that’s not possible, one may make the Bracha of the Asher Bacher Banu. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 47:1 </ref> | |||
# One has to make Brachot HaTorah for any learning including Torah, midrash, Mishna, and Gemara. <ref> Brachot 11b, S”A 47:2, Yalkut Yosef 47:2 </ref> | # One has to make Brachot HaTorah for any learning including Torah, midrash, Mishna, and Gemara. <ref> Brachot 11b, S”A 47:2, Yalkut Yosef 47:2 </ref> | ||
# Women are also obligated in making the Brachot HaTorah. <ref> S”A 47:14, Magan Avraham 47:17 explains that it’s because women have to learn the Halachot relevant to them. Minchat Chinuch 430:5 says that women can make these Brachot because it’s a praise of Hashem for giving us the Torah. The Gra 47:18 argues that women shouldn’t have to make the Brachot because they’re exempt from Torah learning. However he allows women to make the Brachot like any other mitzvah from which women are exempt, Ashkenazic custom is to allow them to make a bracha. </ref> | # Women are also obligated in making the Brachot HaTorah. <ref> S”A 47:14, Magan Avraham 47:17 explains that it’s because women have to learn the Halachot relevant to them. Minchat Chinuch 430:5 says that women can make these Brachot because it’s a praise of Hashem for giving us the Torah. The Gra 47:18 argues that women shouldn’t have to make the Brachot because they’re exempt from Torah learning. However he allows women to make the Brachot like any other mitzvah from which women are exempt, Ashkenazic custom is to allow them to make a bracha. </ref> | ||
