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WorksheetsWomen and Talmud Torah
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 38mins
The Gemara reads the word ולמדתם in two ways, meaning:
To learn and to teach
To teach men and to teach women
To listen and to speak
To do and to learn
Why aren't women obligated to teach their sons Torah?
ולמדתם - ולמדתם: You only have to learn if others have to teach you Torah
ולמדתם את בניכם - Teach all your children Torah
ולמדתם - ולמדתם: Only one that is commanded to learn has to teach others.
ולמדתם את בניכם - Teach only your sons
Why aren't women obligated to learn Torah themselves?
ולמדתם - ולמדתם: You only have to learn if others have to teach you Torah
ולמדתם את בניכם - Teach all your children Torah
ולמדתם - ולמדתם: Only one that is commanded to learn has to teach others.
ולמדתם את בניכם - Teach only your sons
Why aren't men obligated to teach women Torah?
ולמדתם - ולמדתם: You only have to learn if others have to teach you Torah
ולמדתם את בניכם - Teach all your children Torah
ולמדתם - ולמדתם: Only one that is commanded to learn has to teach others.
ולמדתם את בניכם - Teach only your sons
What is the conclusion of the Gemara in Kiddushin (source 1)?
Women MUST learn Torah
Women are not obligated in learning/teaching Torah but can if they want to
Women are not allowed to learn Torah
Women are discouraged from learning Torah
What is the conclusion of the Gemara in Sotah (source 2)?
Women MUST learn Torah
Women are not obligated in learning/teaching Torah but can if they want to
Women are not allowed to learn Torah
Women are discouraged from learning Torah
According to R' Eliezer (source 2), if you teach your daughters Torah, what have you taught them?
Torah knowledge
תפלות - tiflut
Prayers
How to be a Sotah
How does Rashi (source 3) define תפלות?
Forbidden
A waste of time - she will not understand and make mistakes
Trickery - she will use her knowledge to sin in secret
Prayers
How does the Maharil (source 4) define תפלות?
Forbidden
A waste of time - she will not understand and make mistakes
Trickery - she will use her knowledge to sin in secret
Prayers
Which woman learned and taught Torah to 300 rabbis?
Yalta
Bruriah
The principal of Ma'ayanot
Sara Schnier
Who was Bruriah's husband?
R' Meir
R' Chananya ben Tardiyon (who was killed by the Romans)
R' Akiva
R' Eliezer
Who was Bruriah's father?
R' Meir
R' Chananya ben Tardiyon (who was killed by the Romans)
R' Akiva
R' Eliezer
According to the Rambam (source 6) what does a women who learns Torah get?
The same reward as a man
More reward than a man
Less reward than a man
Mitzvah points
According to the Rambam (source 6) why does a woman get less reward than a man?
She is a מצווה ועושה
She is אינו מצווה ועושה
She went against the Torah
She won't understand the Torah
According to the Rambam (source 6), the rabbis advised that you shouldn't teach your daughters because...
ALL women can't understand it
MOST women can't understand it
Women will all become Sotahs
Men and women both can't understand it
According to the Rambam (Source 6), what specifically is considered tiflut?
Only תורה שבכתב
Only תורה שבעל פה
Both תורה שבכתב and תורה שבעל פה
Neither תורה שבכתב and תורה שבעל פה
According to the Rambam (source 6), should you still teach your daughters Tanakh?
Ideally yes
Ideally no, but if you do, it is not תפלות
It is always considered תפלות
Only if they want to learn it
Who does the Shulchan Arukh (source 7) agree with?
The Rambam
The Ramban
Rashi
The Maharil
According to the Ramah/R' Moshe Isserles (Source 7), what is a woman obligated to learn?
All of Halakha that exists
All of Gemara
All Halakha that applies to her
All of Tanakh
