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    Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 155

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    Orach Chayim Siman 155

    Orach Chayim Siman 155 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 2 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.

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    1. Seif 159 words

      Opens “לילך מב"ה לבית המדרש. ובו ב סעיפים:…”

      Named: רבה.

    2. Seif 215 words

      Opens “קודם שילך לבית המדרש יוכל לאכול פת…”

    Original text

    <b>לילך מב"ה לבית המדרש. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>אחר שיצא מבית הכנסת ילך לבית המדרש ויקבע עת ללמוד וצריך שאותו עת יהיה קבוע שלא יעבירנו אף אם הוא סבור להרויח הרבה: הגה ואף מי שאינו יודע ללמוד ילך לבית המדרש ושכר הליכה בידו או יקבע לו מקום וילמוד מעט במה שיודע ויחשוב בעניניו ויכנס בלבו יראת שמים (הר"י פ"ק דברכות):

    To go from the Synagogue to the House of Study. Containing 2 Se'ifim After he leaves the synagogue, he should go to the house of study and establish a time to study [Torah]. And it is necessary that this time be fixed, such that he does not skip it even if he believes he can earn a lot [of money]. Rem"a: And even one who does not know how to study should walk to the house of study, and he will have the reward for walking [there]; or he should establish a place and study a little of what he knows and think about his ways and [by doing so] bring fear of the Heaven into his heart (R"i in the first chapter of Berachot).

    קודם שילך לבית המדרש יוכל לאכול פת שחרית אם הוא רגיל בו וטוב שירגיל בו:

    Before he goes to the house of study, he may eat the bread of the morning, if he is accustomed to doing so. And it is good for him to accustom himself to it.

    English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0