Editing Woman (Isha) (section)

== Learning Torah ==
The Alter Rebbe rules that women are not obligated in the mitzvah of Torah study. If a woman learns Torah, she receives reward but not as great as a man's reward since she is not commanded to do so. Even though she receives reward, the Sages commanded that a person should not teach his daughter Torah because most women's minds are not directed toward learning and they turn words of Torah into meaningless matters due to their limited understanding. If one teaches her Oral Torah, it is as if he teaches her foolishness (tiflus), because through this she develops craftiness.

Nevertheless, women are obligated to learn the halachos they need to know, such as the laws of niddah, mikvah, salting meat, yichud, and similar laws, as well as all positive time-bound mitzvos and all negative commandments from both Torah and Rabbinic law that they are warned about like men.

In the times of the Sages, the scholar would teach common and necessary halachos that everyone needed to know in a language that women and unlearned people could understand, every Shabbos.

The Rebbe frequently encouraged Torah study for women and once remarked that the halachos women are obligated in are so numerous that he wished all men knew them.

Regarding their obligation in Torah study, the Rebbe instructed to increase Torah classes, beginning with easier subjects like Ein Yaakov (Torah stories). The Rebbe also established a special track in the daily Rambam study for women in Sefer HaMitzvos.

The Rebbe explained that women's obligation to learn Torah beyond required halachos is because their connection to Torah is essential and requires engagement with it. This is why women also recite Birchas HaTorah in the morning blessings.