Learning Torah (4)

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Why the Babylonian Talmud?
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You said in your first article on studying Torah: "Since the Babylonian Talmud incorporates both scriptural passages and Oral Torah, Talmud study plays a central role in fulfilling the mitzva of talmud Torah." I see the source in Sanhedrin (and the T...
Why do women say birchot ha-Torah?
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If women are exempt from the mitzva of learning Torah, why do we say birchot ha-Torah?
Are the halachot of a Beit Midrash applicable to a beit midrash where exclusively women learn Torah?
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Insofar as a beit midrash is considered to have a certain elevated level of kedusha (SA 90:18, Megillah 27) and certain applicable halachos, is this also the case for a beit midrash where all of the learners are women?
Women's Torah Learning-Protective Effects
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Insofar as the zchus (merit) of Torah learning is considered to have protective effects for am Yisrael as a whole and therefore often especially encouraged in times of turmoil such as now, does this apply to women's Torah learning too? Does women's T...