He Who Turns His Ear From Torah His Prayer Is Loathsome

Midrash Mishlei 28:2

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"He who turns away his ear from hearing Torah" (Proverbs 28:9) - Rav Huna said: Anyone to whom the words of Torah are not beloved, "even his prayer is an abomination." Rabbi Chanin said: It is stated here "he who turns away his ear from hearing Torah," and elsewhere it says (Proverbs 21:13): "he who stops his ear from the cry of the poor" - just as there, "he too will call out and not be answered," so too here, "his prayer is an abomination."

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