Writing a Sefer Torah: Difference between revisions

# Women aren’t obligated to write a sefer torah.<Ref>The Rambam writes that the mitzvah of writing a sefer torah does not apply to women. Chinuch (Mitzvah 613) agrees. The Shagat Aryeh (Siman 35) questions this. He explains that the understanding behind the mitzvah of writing a sefer torah is that a person should prepare a sefer torah for himself so that he’s able to learn from it.  If so, since women need to learn the laws that are relevant to them, they should be obligated to write a sefer torah. The Bet HaLevi 1:6 answers that fundamentally women aren’t obligated to learn torah. While it is true that they are obligated to learn about the mitzvot that they are obligated in, that’s only as a preparation of fulfilling the mitzvah, but not as a part of the mitzvah of learning torah in general. The obligation of men to learn torah is all encompassing; they are obligated to learn all of torah, even about the mitzvot that aren’t relevant to him. Chida in Shiurei Bracha 270:2 rejects the Shagat Aryeh in favor of the Rambam and Chinuch.</ref>