[Avodah] incorrect learning of Torah

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 08:09:19PM +0300, Eli Turkel wrote:
: The only point I was making was that according to tosafot earnest trying by
: an am haaretz is not learning Torah

Would you find it notable if I were to claim that an am haaretz sits down
in front of a Book of Mormon thinking it's kisvei qodesh, and earnestly
studies it, he is not fulfilling the mitzvah of talmud Torah?

That's different than an am haaretz who actually sits in front of an
actual sefer, studies it, and ends up with the wrong peshat. In this case,
he is studying Torah, but failing to learn it.

Tosafos is talking about a case where the student is being presented
false ideas by an incompitent melamed. Isn't that more similar to my
first scenario than my second -- albeit much less extreme quantitatively?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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