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# One should not interrupt Torah learning to answer Baruch Hu Ubaruch Shemo. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, Volume 1, Page 111 </ref>  
# One should not interrupt Torah learning to answer Baruch Hu Ubaruch Shemo. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch of Rav Rephael Baruch Toledano, Volume 1, Page 111 </ref>  
# Should one interrupt one's learning in order to say the bracha on lightning and thunder? See [[Bracha_For_Seeing_Natural_Wonders#Lightning_and_Thunder]].
# Should one interrupt one's learning in order to say the bracha on lightning and thunder? See [[Bracha_For_Seeing_Natural_Wonders#Lightning_and_Thunder]].
==Prerequisites for Learning Torah==
# One should not learn Torah if one needs to go to the bathroom.<Ref>Rama 92:1</ref> Some say that it is permitted if one can hold it in for 72 minutes<ref>Mishna Brurah 92:7</ref> and others say it is forbidden.<Ref>Shaarei Teshuva 6:5</ref>
===Learning in Front of Ervah===
# It is forbidden to learn Torah in a place where there is ervah exposed. A tefach of a woman that is usually covered is considered ervah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 75:1</ref>
# Hair of married women is considered ervah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 75:1</ref>
# One shouldn't learn torah where there is a woman singing including your wife.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 75:3</ref>
# According to Sephardim, it is permitted to learn Torah in front of ervah if one closes one's eyes. According to Ashkenazim one may not learn in front of ervah unless one turns one's body away and doesn't see it.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 75:6, Mishna Brurah 75:29</ref>
# It is permitted to think Torah in front of ervah.<Ref>Mishna Brurah 75:29</ref>
===Learning in an Unclean Place===
# It is forbidden to learn Torah in front of feces. However, if the feces are covered even by glass or something transparent it is permitted to learn.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 76:1</ref>
# If there are feces before him in a moving state it is forbidden to learn Torah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 76:2</ref>
# If someone didn't wipe themselves properly and there are feces on his body by his private area he may not learn Torah even if they are covered,<ref>Yoma 30a, Shulchan Aruch 76:5</ref>
# It is permitted to learn in a house and not be concerned that there are feces in it.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 76:7</ref>
# In the days of Chazal an area there was a children was considered suspect of being unclean and it would be forbidden to learn unless it is checked.<ref>Mishna Brurah 76:23 based on Rabbenu Yonah. Aruch Hashulchan 76:17 writes that one doesn't have to check the area for feces before learning even if there are children around unless it entered one's mind that there is a concern that there is feces.</ref> Today even if there are children at home the home is considered as having a status of clean from feces.<ref> Piskei Teshuvot 76:10 citing Or Letzion 2:6:14, Halichot Shlomo 22:4, Mishna Halachot 11:59, Ishei Yisrael 52 fnt. 67</ref>


==Taking Money for Learning and Teaching Torah==
==Taking Money for Learning and Teaching Torah==