Learning the Entire Torah

Question

Hi,

I’m looking for a source that states that a man must know or learn the entire Torah. Do you know of any?

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    I do not know of such a source. It seems to sound somewhat implausible. The only (partial) source I know of is what I heard from my Rebbe. He said in the name of the Chofetz Chaim that a person needs to learn the whole of Shas in order to be able to “eat” in the World to Come. Chazal teach that in the same way that here, in this world, we must make an Eruv Tavshilin so we can prepare food from Yom Tov on Erev Shabbos for Shabbos, so too our “Eruv Tavshilin” for the next world is the Talmud Bavli. 

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