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# It is permissible to learn Tanach along with Rashi at night. <ref> Sh"t Veyeche Yacov O"C 9, Piskei Teshuvot 238:1 </ref>
# It is permissible to learn Tanach along with Rashi at night. <ref> Sh"t Veyeche Yacov O"C 9, Piskei Teshuvot 238:1 </ref>
==Who is obligated to learn Torah?==
==Who is obligated to learn Torah?==
# Women are exempt from learning Torah.<Ref>Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:1)</ref> Nonetheless, women may learn torah and will be rewarded for their actions. However, women are obligated to learn the laws of the mitzvot that apply to them. <ref> S”A YD 246:6</ref>
# Women are exempt from learning Torah.<Ref>Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:1)</ref> Nonetheless, women may learn torah and will be rewarded for their actions. However, women are obligated to learn the laws of the mitzvot that apply to them. <ref> S”A YD 246:6
* Obligation: The Gemara Kiddushin 29b derives from the pasuk that women are exempt form learning Torah. Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:1) and S"A YD 246:6 codify this.
* Potential Issue: The Mishna Sotah 20a cites a dispute between Rabbi Eliezer and Ben Azay whether a father should or should not teach a daughter torah. The Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:13) and S"A 246:6 codify the opinion of Rabbi Eliezer that a father should not teach his daughter. According to Rashi (Sotah 21b s.v. keilu) Rabbi Eliezer holds that it is forbidden to teach a daughter Torah because it may lead to using her cleverness acquired from Torah in order to sin stealthily. Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:13) interprets the gemara to mean that teaching a daughter torah is prohibited because she might misunderstand Torah and make a mockery of its true intent.
* Both the Rambam and S"A ibid. write that a woman may learn Torah on their own and is rewarded for it like someone who isn't obligated in a mitzvah and fulfills it. Prisha YD 246:15 explains that a woman may learn on her own even Torah SheBaal Peh. Tzitz Eliezer 9:3:1-3 supports this opinion.
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# Children are exempt from [[learning Torah]]. <ref> Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:1) </ref>
# Children are exempt from [[learning Torah]]. <ref> Rambam (Talmud Torah 1:1) </ref>