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Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 238
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Orach Chayim Siman 238 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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<b>לקבוע עתים לתורה בלילה. ובו ב סעיפים:</b><br>צריך ליזהר בלמוד הלילה יותר מבשל יום והמבטלו עונשו מרובה:
Establishing fixed times for Torah study at night. This chapter contains two paragraphs: One must be more careful with nighttime Torah study than with daytime study, and one who neglects it receives a greater punishment.
אם יש לו חק קבוע ללמוד כך וכך ליום והיה טרוד ביום ולא השלימו ישלימנו בלילה מיד:
If a person has a fixed daily portion of study and was preoccupied during the day and did not complete it, he should make it up immediately at night.
English translation: Sefaria Community Translation · CC0