[Avodah] Rav Shimon Schwab on Women Learning Torah

[Shalom Berger via Avodah]

R' Yitzchok Levine quoted:

> The following is from pages 274-275 of Rav Schwab on Chumash.
>
> Learning for the sake of learning, just to occupy one's mind
> with the intricacies of the Torah, even if the practical
> application of the law is already known, is limited to men.
>
> A woman who learns Torah does not become greater in yiras
> Shamayim because of it. True, she may become very learned
> in Torah, but this is not the object of talmud Torah.

The Rambam states clearly that Havayot d'Abayye v'Rava are the basic
building blocks for developing a relationship with God (i.e., fulfilling
Ahavat HaShem, Yichud HaShem, Yirat HaShem, etc.) and that they are
accessible to both men and women.
See the last halacha in Perek 4 of Hil. Yesodei HaTorah -
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/i/1104.htm#20

See Warren Zev Harvey's discussion of this Rambam at
http://lookstein.org/articles/harvey.htm

Shalom

Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger, Ed.D.
The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education
Bar-Ilan University
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