During Elul one gets ready for the Days of Judgement (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur) with a three-pronged approach:
Learning Torah is a prerequisite for repenting. If one isn't aware of ones obligations, one cannot repent for not doing them.
Every person has a Mitzva to learn Torah every day and every night. One should concentrate on learning practical Halacha, to review what ones obligations are and to discover their finer details.
People who are too busy all week should learn at least one Halacha every day, and one at night.
On Shabbat one should spend as much time as possible learning Torah; the less Torah one learns during the week, the more time one should spend learning Torah on Shabbat.
Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 27:2, 77:24
K'tiva V'chatima Tova; wishing you a year with lots of time to learn Torah,
- Danny
Thursday, 4 Elul 5768
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Halocho #163 - Why do I need to do Teshuva?
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thank u so much for your daily messages.....it really helps keep me connected....
ReplyDeletei havea question. whenever i read one of these messages is it considered like i'm fullfilling the mitzvah of "learning torah" ?
Hi
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great feedback!
Yes! Reading these daily messages definitely is considered fulfilling the Mitzvah of "learning Torah" - and is one of the main reasons I created this group; so that people can learn Torah on Facebook.
:-)
- Danny