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==Importance==
# Chazal tell us that "regardless, if one brings a large Korban or a small one as long as one's intentions are for heaven (one's korban is accepted)." <ref> Menachot 110a </ref> The same idea applies to Torah study. <ref> Mishna Brurah 1:12 writes that this principle also applies to Torah learning. Halacha Brurah 1:11 concurs and writes that such is evident from Brachot 5b. </ref>
# If one likes to learn and understands it, one can refrain from extending Tefillah and only say the portions that are obligatory. <ref> Eliyah Rabba 1:1, Lechem Chamudot (Brachot HaRoeh 84), Birkei Yosef 1:9, Mishna Brurah 1:12, Halacha Brurah 1:11, Kaf HaChaim 1:31. </ref>
==Who is obligated to learn Torah?==
==Who is obligated to learn Torah?==
# Women, slaves, and children are exempt from learning Torah. <ref> Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Talmud Torah, 1:1 </ref>
# Women, slaves, and children are exempt from learning Torah. <ref> Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Talmud Torah, 1:1 </ref>