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Bechoros 29: Paying for Mitzvos (part 3) - Getting Paid to Learn Torah

Rabbi Moshe Elefant

If the minhag is to pay for one's child to learn Torah a parent is obligated to do so. To what extent - just mikra or torah shebaal peh?

When is a person allowed to accept payment to sit and learn Torah (e.g. in a Kollel)?

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Rabbi Moshe Elefant

Rabbi Moshe Elefant

is Chief Operating Officer of OU Kosher and the maggid shiur of the Orthodox Union’s Daf Yomi webcast (whose 1,800 learners a day around the globe make his lectures the most popular Daf in the world). For listeners of the popular Talkline With Zev Brenner radio program, Rabbi Elefant’s name has additionally become strongly ident...

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