- Q. Sometimes I am so pressed for time that I'm not sure what to do first. First of all, I start work at 7 am. I often have a (women) support group meeting at 6:30 am and there are people who say words of Torah. How early can I say morning brachas?
Can I just say Birkat HaTorah and do the morning blessings later when I have a break from work? But firstly, are women also obliged to recite Birkat HaTorah before they learn or teach others?
A. On question 4939 we wrote: “Although Poskim disagree if women have to recite the blessing for the Torah, since after all they have to learn the laws that apply to them. They also daven and hence recite words of Torah and are also encouraged to learn the written Torah parts.
Following the above Shulchan Aruch (O.H. 47: 14) rules that women recite Birchas Hatorah and according to the Levush they may even recite the brocho for men. However, most Poskim maintain that they are not obliged to recite that brocho. Still some recommend they should. (see Piskei Teshuvos 47: 18).
Our Rabbonim maintain that you should recite Birchas Hatorah as soon as you get up with the other brochos. In need you should getup earlier and recithe them all.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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