TORAH LEARNING STOLEN BY THE SITRA ACHARA [#17715]

December 24, 2021

QUESTION:

The sefarim hakedoshim say that if a person learns Torah and then does aveiros, his Torah learning goes to the Sitra Achara (Other Side). Is such Torah learning still considered to be a mitzvah and will he get rewarded for it (even if he doesn’t do teshuvah)?

ANSWER:

After he becomes purified from his aveiros [i.e. through teshuvah or through suffering], he will then get rewarded for each time that he learned Torah.