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==The extent of the obligation== | ==The extent of the obligation== | ||
# One should be particularly careful about the | # One should be particularly careful about saying the Birchot HaTorah because they show one's 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 Birchot 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 Birchot HaTorah are a Biblical Mitzvah and some consider it a Rabbinic institution. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 47:1 </ref> | # Some hold Birchot 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> | # 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> | ||
