Why You Must Provide Sources When You Teach Torah?

[Music] why I always tell you always make sure that regardless of what anyone ever says to you if it contradicts anything you've heard in even if it doesn't ask the person whether he's a rabbi or not where is the source for what you just said where could I see what you said in a book I believe you I understand what you're you're smart you're you're even good-looking whatever you want fine can I see what you said those words in a book now if he man is Freedman he says no no I don't disclose my secrets that's what man Freedman we had somebody called man Freedman say listen want get some sources for what you said so okay it's $400 for a half hour meeting meaning $800 an hour it's a high high high-end lawyer $400 for half hour meeting I told the guy agree agree go go whatever I'll pay for it no sources exist after he got surprised we agreed he didn't know it's coming from me it's just some random guy so uh the guy says okay okay we agree when can we meet oh no no no I can't meet why you busy where can we meet no no no I can't meet with you oh okay you can't meet with you're busy okay no problem uh can we just can you just give me one source for the things you said in this lecture you know 30 seconds over here you said such and such G you know all those things you said can you give me one source one page number Madness responds no I don't disclose my secrets iers my secrets now now you it's funny but it's sad why because this young boy this young man didn't know is is that he has to disclose it why there a chapter 6 Mish number six it says that you have to mention the things that you say in the name of who said it as we learn from that she said something to in the name of why because had EST said to listen these two guys are trying to kill you would have said oh okay thanks a lot my my dear wife and that's it salvation wouldn't have come but because she said it in the name of what did he do oh this let me write this in the book so I remember this guy I remember this guy in the book later on as a would have it he remembered he owed he owed a favor he looked in his book ah I didn't pay this guy the favor that he saved my life and that's how the Salvation came and from there the learn that when you mention something in this from The Source from the place that you heard it you bring the mhia and when you don't you delay the mhia you delay the Salvation such is the magnitude of mentioning something with a source that's why you see all when they mention things in in the they're constantly spitting out sources it's not because they're trying to show off their wisdom shom they're trying to fulfill a mitvah from a Tora so you know that you can find what I just said in a book and you can track that book's Source all the way to our oral T all the way to our T all the way to and so on and so for all the way to the beginning of time why because this rule has been in place since the beginning of time it was implemented at the time of Mount sa but the to itself was already written 974 Generations before the world was created as it says in so from there we know that to mention a source is not a Mala it's not like makes you special or significant it makes you kosher like if you went to a restaurant to go eat some kosher food and the guy says to you oh yeah we're kosher that's not a Mala that's why I'm coming here I want to eat kosher food you have a stamp on your on your door says kosher you have a you have a some certificate on the wall hopefully it's still valid that it's kosher I'm not coming here because I like your food I'm coming here because it's kosher I happen to like your kosher food but main reason I'm here is because it's kosher doesn't make you special makes you kosher if it's good too that may be special but the reality is to mention a source doesn't make you special it makes you a koser person when someone doesn't mention sources it's a problem it's a very big problem why because the audience is not able to decipher what is right what is wrong how could I double check this and you will notice that all of the people that we've mentioned over the last several years and have gone against them publicly not a single one of the mentioned sources why because if they mentioned sources it would ruin the party what are they going to mention yeah my source was a pool uh you know Smurfs and gam you know the uh you guys probably don't know G is the Smurf Smurfs cartoon 40 years ago uh Power Rangers oh source number two Power Rangers episode 6 X-Men the uh the uh you know they never die you know Wolverine wins you know that's what that's the sources why they don't have any sources don't have any sources don't have any sour source Hollywood new film about marijuana that duta quotes that you're allowed to smoke marijuana where's he going to quote no P ever said you're allowed to smoke marijuana but decided so it's very important you go against people like this but more importantly you have the right information for yourself because those people are not always public in fact most of them are not public people most of them are in your Kaa in your local SHO in your local community may even be a family member and they're going to question you now you don't necessarily need to remember all the sources by heart yourself although you should but you need to know enough about the truth that no one can shake you up if they tell you something that sounds true and negates your truth don't let anybody shake you up many times people have tried that doing that to me in the beginning I was a lot more vulnerable than I am today they throw some curveball at me and I'd run to FR what's going on the whole world's destroyed what why what happened this guy just said what you wrong what okay but he just quoted this and this and this and this 15 different books goes he miss quoted what do you mean but he quot them goes let me show you what he quoted and we go one after another here say liar liar liar never happened never mentioned liar liar just made it up you saw one after another all the things the guy quoted complete fabrication of the truth but in the beginning you don't know what you don't know so someone mentioned some verse or someone mentioned some Rabbi or someone mentioned some page you get all shaken up what does that mean you're not confident in your own knowledge and that's one of the things that you have to do for yourself because the yet will send them to you it may be your girlfriend it may be your best buddy it may be your uh parents it may be your braa even you have to know enough about the truth in order to defend it and again it's not necessarily about remembering all of the pages and the even the way the page looks like by heart it's just knowing enough about the truth to decipher no no this doesn't sound right this doesn't sound right but you know what I'm not going to argue with you can you just give me a source crack it check it can I see what you said in a book I'll show it to no no no don't show to me just give me the book I want to look it on my own I know what you do he gives you the source he gives you the page number you send me a text message what do they say over here unless it's clear for you because sometimes they'll send you something that's so difficult to understand it's maybe it's from it's the words of the bov and they're going to mention something oh see the bmov says that no Jew is ever going to be lost yeah but in what context when did he say it what was before before what was after that sentence because the B also talks about G oh he didn't mention that to you oh he didn't mention that part to you oh so that's that's it all depends when did he say what he said he said because if he says oh no Jew will ever be lost maybe he's just talking about time of maybe he's talking about at a uh you know someone that's really tries to do chv but uh you know still having a hard time but hm is not going to give up on him I don't know but he's talking about different context you just take this one sentence and say ah this is the B that's it finished doesn't work that way what's the context what's before what's after what he said what he said and if you don't know you're going to get confused so that's why it's important for you to get strong with your own understanding of what's right and wrong in Judaism [Music]