<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:16px">R' Yitzchok Levine quoted:</span><br style="font-size:16px"><br style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px">> The following is from pages 274-275 of Rav Schwab on Chumash.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px">></span><br style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px">> Learning for the sake of learning, just to occupy one's mind</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px">> with the intricacies of the Torah, even if the practical</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px">> application of the law is already known, is limited to men.</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px">></span><br style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px">> A woman who learns Torah does not become greater in yiras</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px">> Shamayim because of it. True, she may become very learned</span><br style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:16px">> in Torah, but this is not the object of talmud Torah.</span><div><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">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.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">See the last halacha in Perek 4 of Hil. Yesodei HaTorah - <a href="http://www.mechon-mamre.org/i/1104.htm#20">http://www.mechon-mamre.org/i/1104.htm#20</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px">See Warren Zev Harvey's discussion of this Rambam at <a href="http://lookstein.org/articles/harvey.htm">http://lookstein.org/articles/harvey.htm</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Shalom<br><br>Rabbi Shalom Z. Berger, Ed.D.<br>The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education<br>Bar-Ilan University<br><a href="http://www.lookstein.org" target="_blank">http://www.lookstein.org</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/lookjed/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/lookjed/</a><br>Follow me on Twitter: @szberger<br><br>NETWORK*LEARN*GROW</div></div></div></div>
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