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# Women may recite Birchot HaTorah daily.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 47:14, Magen Avraham 47:17 explains that it is because women have to learn the Halachot relevant to them.</ref> Some say they are obligated to, while others argue it is optional.<ref>Minchat Chinuch 430:5 says that women can make these brachot because it is a praise of Hashem for giving us the Torah. The Gra 47:18 argues that women should not have to recite the brachot since they are exempt from Torah learning. However, he allows women to recite the brachot like any other mitzvah from which women are exempt, Ashkenazic custom is to allow them to make a bracha. See Piskei Teshuvot 47 fn. 162 for a comprehensive list.<br/> | # Women may recite Birchot HaTorah daily.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 47:14, Magen Avraham 47:17 explains that it is because women have to learn the Halachot relevant to them.</ref> Some say they are obligated to, while others argue it is optional.<ref>Minchat Chinuch 430:5 says that women can make these brachot because it is a praise of Hashem for giving us the Torah. The Gra 47:18 argues that women should not have to recite the brachot since they are exempt from Torah learning. However, he allows women to recite the brachot like any other mitzvah from which women are exempt, Ashkenazic custom is to allow them to make a bracha. See Piskei Teshuvot 47 fn. 162 for a comprehensive list.<br/> | ||
Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul (Or LeTzion 2:4:10) is quoted weighing the various reasons and concluding that women are not obligated but should still recite the Berachot because they and anybody recite the beracha on the pleasure of Torah study, and it's like they are obligated, because they get reward from their husband and children's Torah study. Rav Ovadia (Yabia Omer 9 OC 108 fn. 5) rejects his reasoning.</ref> | Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul (Or LeTzion 2:4:10) is quoted weighing the various reasons and concluding that women are not obligated but should still recite the Berachot because they and anybody recite the beracha on the pleasure of Torah study, and it's like they are obligated, because they get reward from their husband and children's Torah study. Rav Ovadia (Yabia Omer 9 OC 108 fn. 5) rejects his reasoning.</ref> | ||
# If a woman is unsure if she recited Birchot HaTorah, she may not recite them out of doubt, even according to those who argue reciting Birchot HaTorah is a Torah level obligation.<Ref>Kaf HaChaim Orach Chaim 47:34, Yalkut Yosef Orach Chaim 47:19, Halacha Berurah 47:27, Otzrot Yosef 21.</ref> | # If a woman is unsure if she recited Birchot HaTorah, she may not recite them out of doubt, even according to those who argue reciting Birchot HaTorah is a Torah level obligation.<Ref>Kaf HaChaim, Orach Chaim 47:34, Yalkut Yosef Orach Chaim 47:19, Halacha Berurah 47:27, Otzrot Yosef 21.</ref> | ||
===The Proper Mindset for Birkot HaTorah=== | ===The Proper Mindset for Birkot HaTorah=== | ||
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#If one forgot to say Birchot HaTorah and remembered in middle of [[Pesukei DeZimrah]] one should say it between the paragraphs in [[Pesukei DeZimrah]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 51:10 </ref> | #If one forgot to say Birchot HaTorah and remembered in middle of [[Pesukei DeZimrah]] one should say it between the paragraphs in [[Pesukei DeZimrah]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 51:10 </ref> | ||
#If one forgot to say Birchot HaTorah and only remembered in [[Kriyat Shema|Brachot Kriyat Shema]] one should not interrupt to say the [[Brachot]] but rather have intent to fulfill one’s obligation of [[Birchot HaTorah]] with Ahavat Olam and then learn a little right after [[davening]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 52:9 </ref> | #If one forgot to say Birchot HaTorah and only remembered in [[Kriyat Shema|Brachot Kriyat Shema]] one should not interrupt to say the [[Brachot]] but rather have intent to fulfill one’s obligation of [[Birchot HaTorah]] with Ahavat Olam and then learn a little right after [[davening]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 52:9 </ref> | ||
#If one forgot to say Birchot HaTorah before [[davening]] and only remembered afterwards and did not learn right after [[davening]], one should not say [[Birchot HaTorah]] because there is a doubt amongst poskim as to whether one fulfilled one’s obligation.<ref> | #If one forgot to say Birchot HaTorah before [[davening]] and only remembered afterwards and did not learn right after [[davening]], one should not say [[Birchot HaTorah]] because there is a doubt amongst poskim as to whether one fulfilled one’s obligation.<ref>Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 47:8 </ref> | ||
===One Who is Unsure If He Recited The Berachot=== | ===One Who is Unsure If He Recited The Berachot=== | ||
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# It is good to recite one's bracha out loud, to enable others to respond [[Amen]]; however, this is not an obligation.<ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:39:2 </ref> | # It is good to recite one's bracha out loud, to enable others to respond [[Amen]]; however, this is not an obligation.<ref> Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:39:2 </ref> | ||
# Some say that one can interrupt between the brachot and the learning, but it is correct not to do so. So the practice is the say the Parshat [[Birkat Cohanim]] right after the brachot.<ref> Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 47:9. Tosfot Brachot 11b s.v. Shkevar in name of the Ri, Rabbenu Yonah 5b, and Mordechai 31 hold an interruption is not a problem. Rambam (as understood by Bet Yosef) holds one may not make an interruption. Magen Avraham 47:8 says that one can say these psukim even before daylight unlike the Maharshal who says one does not read psukim of [[Birkat Cohanim]] at night. </ref> | # Some say that one can interrupt between the brachot and the learning, but it is correct not to do so. So the practice is the say the Parshat [[Birkat Cohanim]] right after the brachot.<ref> Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 47:9. Tosfot Brachot 11b s.v. Shkevar in name of the Ri, Rabbenu Yonah 5b, and Mordechai 31 hold an interruption is not a problem. Rambam (as understood by Bet Yosef) holds one may not make an interruption. Magen Avraham 47:8 says that one can say these psukim even before daylight unlike the Maharshal who says one does not read psukim of [[Birkat Cohanim]] at night. </ref> | ||
# The order of the brachot isn't critical. If someone recite the bracha of Asher Bachar Banu first, they can just recite the other brachot afterwards.<ref>Siach Tefillah p. 323</ref> | |||
==Interruptions That Would Require New Brachot== | ==Interruptions That Would Require New Brachot== | ||
===Engaging in Non-Torah Activities=== | ===Engaging in Non-Torah Activities=== | ||
# One who stops his learning by means of working, bathing, or sleeping, is not considered to have interrupted his learning and he does not recite new brachot.<ref> Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 47:10. See Tosfot Berachot 11b. | # One who stops his learning by means of working, bathing, or sleeping, is not considered to have interrupted his learning and he does not recite new brachot.<ref> Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 47:10. See Tosfot, Berachot 11b. | ||
* Tosfot Brachot 11a ask why a person does not need to recite Birchot HaTorah again when they stop their learning and then go back to learning. The answer given, is that a person never gives up thinking about going back to learning because a person should learn whenever he has free time. The Rosh Brachot 1:13 and Hagahot Maimoniyot (Tefillah 7:9) agree. | * Tosfot, Brachot 11a ask why a person does not need to recite Birchot HaTorah again when they stop their learning and then go back to learning. The answer given, is that a person never gives up thinking about going back to learning because a person should learn whenever he has free time. The Rosh Brachot 1:13 and Hagahot Maimoniyot (Tefillah 7:9) agree. | ||
* The Agur (cited by Divrei Chamudot Brachot 1:76) explains that the reason there is no interruption when it comes to Birchot HaTorah is because a person is always involved in activities that require following halacha. The observance of halacha keeps a person’s mind connected to learning. Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 47:10 holds that going to work or going to the bathroom is not considered an interruption and you do not therefore have to recite Birchot HaTorah again. </ref> | * The Agur (cited by Divrei Chamudot Brachot 1:76) explains that the reason there is no interruption when it comes to Birchot HaTorah is because a person is always involved in activities that require following halacha. The observance of halacha keeps a person’s mind connected to learning. Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 47:10 holds that going to work or going to the bathroom is not considered an interruption and you do not therefore have to recite Birchot HaTorah again. </ref> | ||
===Sleeping During the Day=== | ===Sleeping During the Day=== | ||
