[Avodah] incorrect learning of Torah

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 02:52:26PM +0300, Eli Turkel via Avodah wrote:
: Tosafot (top of 109b) explain that the time wasted learning incorrect
: pshat can never be recovered.

: The inference from Tosafot is that if one labors learning Torah but reaches
: an incorrect conclusion that it is not considered learning Torah

Beshogeig.

Perhaps also implied by the invocation of eilu va'eilu to explain why
learning shitas Beis Shammai is talmud Torah. If you were doing TT
even when learning a wrong shitah, why would it be so important to 
point out that it's still divrei E-lokim Chaim, if not halakhah?

But it is possible that Tosafos just meant that compared to learning
correct peshat, learning a mistake is an inferior use of time.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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