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# Women are obligated in making the Birchot HaTorah.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 47:14, Magen Avraham 47:17 explains that it is because women have to learn the Halachot relevant to them. 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 make the brachot since they are 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 obligated in making the Birchot HaTorah.<ref> Shulchan Aruch 47:14, Magen Avraham 47:17 explains that it is because women have to learn the Halachot relevant to them. 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 make the brachot since they are 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> | ||
# If a woman is unsure if she recited Birchot HaTorah, she may not recite them out of doubt.<Ref>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=== | ||
# One should be very careful to say Birchot HaTorah before learning.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch 47:1</ref> The brachot should be said with great [[Simcha]] (happiness) for being fortunate enough to be chosen and be privileged with the Torah.<ref>Mishna Brurah 47:4 </ref> | # One should be very careful to say Birchot HaTorah before learning.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch 47:1</ref> The brachot should be said with great [[Simcha]] (happiness) for being fortunate enough to be chosen and be privileged with the Torah.<ref>Mishna Brurah 47:4 </ref> | ||
