Q. If I can choose a place where to learn in a Beis Midrash, is it better to choose one facing the Mizrach (east) as we do for davening, since we also say “Ki Mitzion Tetzeh Torah, Udevar Hashem M’Yerushalaim - Torah Comes to us from Tzion And Jerusalem” or there is no difference?
A. Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that since one of the main purposes of learning Torah is “lilmod Ulelamed” or teach it to others, it does not make any difference where we face.
This is opposed to davening when we only address Hashem and speak to Him. We must then be facing the Kodesh Hakodashim.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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