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Sefer HaChinuch on VaEschanan - Prioritizing Talmud Torah

Speaker:: Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Abramovitz
Date:: July 24 2023

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Venue: Young Israel of West Hempstead Young Israel of West Hempstead

Machshava:

Torah

Holidays:

Tisha Bav

Parsha:

Va'etchanan

Collections: R' Abramovitz Sefer HaChinuch on the Parsha

References: Yoma: 9b , Nedarim: 81a

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Talmud Torah is not a Hechsher Mitzvah (Mitzvah 419; See also Avos 2:4 and Beis HaLevi al HaTorah, Mishpatim)

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