About This Week in Learning

It’s a constant challenge to make Torah learning and personal development a priority among all the demands of being a 21st century adult. This newsletter is designed to help. Each week it presents a carefully curated topic, raises critical questions, and offers analysis and insight. It does some of the preliminary research for you, and then delivers it right to your inbox. Independent thinking is still required.

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This Week in Learning

Making Torah a Permanent Part of Your Week

Listen now (9 min) | Shamai says: make your Torah permanent שַׁמַּאי אוֹמֵר, עֲשֵׂה תוֹרָתְךָ קֶבַע (אבות א:טו) פירוש המשנה לרמב"ם - אמר: עשה תלמוד תורה העיקר, וכל מה שזולתו מעסקיך - בא אחריו, אם הזדמן - הזדמן, ואם לא הזדמן - אין נזק בהחמצתו The Rambam (Maimonides) comments: Make learning Torah the main thing, and everything besides it comes afterward — if it happens it happen…

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4 years ago · Ben Torah

About Ben

I am passionate about sharing ideas and writing. I studied at a traditional orthodox yeshiva where I received rabbinic ordination. I have a couple graduate degrees as well. If you need to see the diplomas, I can try to dust them off from the back of my closet somewhere, but I’m hopeful my writing will speak for itself. I am always poking around different areas of Torah and excited to share what I’m learning this week with you.

What is a Ben Torah in general?

Rav Aharon Lichtenstein gives a two part answer:

What Does It Mean to Be a Ben-Torah Part 1

What Does It Mean to Be a Ben-Torah Part 2

Certainly something to strive towards.