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#Generally a person should divide all of his learning into three parts, a third of his time for Tanach, a third for the Oral Torah, and a third for delving into the reasons for Torah. As a person gets older and doesn't need to spend as much time on Tanach he should spend more time on the other topics.<ref>Rambam Talmud Torah 1:11, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 246:4</ref> See this discussed on the [[Laws_of_Learning_Torah#Tanach.2C_Mishna.2C_and_Talmud]] page. | #Generally a person should divide all of his learning into three parts, a third of his time for Tanach, a third for the Oral Torah, and a third for delving into the reasons for Torah. As a person gets older and doesn't need to spend as much time on Tanach he should spend more time on the other topics.<ref>Rambam Talmud Torah 1:11, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 246:4</ref> See this discussed on the [[Laws_of_Learning_Torah#Tanach.2C_Mishna.2C_and_Talmud]] page. | ||
# When the child is old enough to speak a parent should teach him the Pasuk "תורה צוה לנו משה מורשה קהלת יעקב" and Shema. As he continues to learn he should learn more pesukim.<Ref>Sukkah 42a, Rambam Talmud Torah 1:6, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 245:5</ref> | # When the child is old enough to speak a parent should teach him the Pasuk "תורה צוה לנו משה מורשה קהלת יעקב" and Shema. As he continues to learn he should learn more pesukim.<Ref>Sukkah 42a, Rambam Talmud Torah 1:6, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 245:5</ref> | ||
# Chazal recommend starting a child's learning with Vayikra so that the pure innocent children learn the topics of purity.<ref>Vayikra Rabba 7:3 establishes that children should start learning Vayikra since they are pure and should deal with matters of purity. Avot Derabbi Natan 1:6 supports this. Yalkut Yosef Chinuch Introduction cites this. Bear Heitiv 245:8 cites the Kol Bo who says that the minhag was to start with Vayikra.</ref> | |||
#There is no obligation to learn or teach Tanach to children in order. Ultimately they should be taught all of Tanach. However, when that isn't possible the school should choose certain parshiyot and perakim to learn well so that they know how to learn and everything else superficially. The hope is that the students will learn on their own when they grow up especially if they're taught to love Torah.<ref>Aseh Lecha rav 8:58</ref> | |||
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