Neglect of the study of the Law

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Neglect of the study of the Law

Neglect of the study of the Law

An unjustified interruption of Torah study. Neglect of learning.

("Rav Ketina said: Rain is withheld only because of neglect of Torah study" – Ta'anit 7b; and also: "He does not desire neglect of Torah… he stands waiting quietly until the learner notices him and extends his hand to the bowl" – Y. L. Peretz / Silent Souls, 105; and also: "After returning from writing the engagement contracts it was midnight. He thought to himself: tonight I neglected the Torah" – Agnon / A City and Its Fullness, 53; and also: "Lest you say: is it possible for a person to neglect matters of Torah? It is possible indeed. For example, when he thinks how it is proper to study, and which tractate… and when he will finish… and when he will begin the next, and similar matters" – Chaim Sabato / Like the Eyelids of Dawn, 95)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּטּוּל תּוֹרָה (בָּטֵל מִדִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה), ביטול תורה

Definition (Hebrew)

הַפְסָקָה לֹא מוּצְדֶּקֶת שֶׁל לִמּוּד תּוֹרָה. הִתְבַּטְּלוּת מִלִּמּוּד.

("אָמַר רַב קְטִינָא: אֵין הַגְּשָׁמִים נֶעְצָרִין אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל בִּטּוּל תּוֹרָה" – תַּעֲנִית ז ע"ב, וְכֵן: "אֵינוֹ רוֹצֶה בְּבִטּוּל תּוֹרָה... עוֹמֵד הוּא מַחֲשֶׁה וּמְחַכֶּה עַד שֶׁיַּרְגִּישׁ בּוֹ הַלּוֹמֵד וְיִפְשֹׁט יָד אֶל הַסֵּפֶל" – י.ל. פֶּרֶץ / נְשָׁמוֹת אִלְּמוֹת, ק"ה, וְכֵן: "לְאַחַר שֶׁחָזַר מִכְּתִיבַת הַתְּנָאִים חֲצוֹת לַיְלָה הָיָה. הֵרְהֵר בְּלִבּוֹ, הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה בִּטַּלְתִּי מִן הַתּוֹרָה" – עַגְנוֹן / עִיר וּמְלוֹאָה, 53, וְכֵן: "שֶׁמָּא תֹאמַר, וְכִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹ לָאָדָם לְהִתְבַּטֵּל בְּדִבְרֵי תּוֹרָה, אֶפְשָׁר וְאֶפְשָׁר. כְּגוֹן שֶׁחוֹשֵׁב כֵּיצַד רָאוּי לִלְמֹד, וְאֵיזוֹ מַסֶּכֶת... וְאֵימָתַי יִגְמֹר... וְאֵימָתַי יַתְחִיל חֲבֶרְתָּהּ, וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּאֵלֶּה דְּבָרִים" – חַיִּים סַבָּתוֹ / כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 95)

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