Introduction to Birchas HaTorah; (Class Two, shoter version, Yeshiva Achei Temimim 5780). 1) These Brachos are biblical. 2) We celebrate Torah itself. 3) Before we read any Torah within the Davening. 4) The Bracha is for the entire day; if one doesn’t learn right away, he doesn’t make another one. 5) Women and Birchas HaTorah. 6) Three levels: A. Luchos, “all Face”, B. Sefer Torah, “Front and Rear”, C. Oral Torah “all rear”. 7) The meaning of these three: Ruach HaKodesh vs. Sechel 8) The Number of Brachos (2 or 3) is connected to the above. We have three for: Pannim, Achor and Halacha.
