[Avodah] why stop learning?

[Ben Waxman]

I heard a Gra story once in which someone who had the only lulav in town 
allowed the Gra to use it on condition that the owner get the tzchut. 
The Gra agreed but later said that there is no such thing as giving away 
a tzchut. How he agreed to the deal if it was worthless wasn't explained.

Ben
On 2/9/2012 2:58 AM, David Riceman wrote:
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> But when I was in yeshiva sometimes someone would ask us to dedicate 
> today's learning for someone we'd never heard of, when we would have 
> done the same learning regardless.  How does that work?