The Torah Concealed, and You Reveal It?!

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The Torah Concealed, and You Reveal It?!

The Torah Concealed, and You Reveal It?!

The Torah hid this matter, so why do you reveal it?! (This source of confusion was heard according to Rabbi Akiva, who determined that the one who cuts the trees on the Sabbath, whose name is not mentioned in the call, is Zelophehad, and thus, as in all things, a bad name is brought out against him.)

("And the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man and a woman, and he said to Helen (in the wilderness 27) We died in the wilderness, what has Helen to do with Zelophehad, and here is Zelophehad, the words of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Yehuda ben Betira said to him: Akiva, between such and such, you are ready to give the judgment. If according to your words, the Torah has been broken, and you Reveal him! And if not - you will bring forth a righteous man to be strong against him" - Shabat Tzo b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הַתּוֹרָה כִּיסַּתּוּ וְאַתָּה מְגַלֶּה אוֹתוֹ?!

Definition (Hebrew)

הַתּוֹרָה הִסְתִּירָה אֶת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה, אָז מַדּוּעַ אַתָּה מְגַלֶּה זֹאת?! (בַּמָּקוֹר תְּמִיהָה זוֹ הֻשְׁמְעָה כְּלַפֵּי ר' עֲקִיבָא שֶׁקָּבַע כִּי מְקוֹשֵׁשׁ הָעֵצִים בְּיוֹם שַׁבָּת, שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ אֵינוֹ מְצֻיָּן בַּמִּקְרָא, הִנּוֹ צְלָפְחָד וּבְכָךְ כִּכְבִכּוּל הוֹצִיא עָלָיו שֵׁם רַע).

("וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיִּמְצְאוּ אִישׁ וְגוֹ' וּלְהַלָּן הוּא אוֹמֵר(בַּמִּדְבָּר כז) אָבִינוּ מֵת בַּמִּדְבָּר, מָה לְהַלָּן צְלָפְחָד, אַף כָּאן צְלָפְחָד, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתִירָא: עֲקִיבָא, בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ אַתָּה עָתִיד לִתֵּן אֶת הַדִּין. אִם כִּדְבָרֶיךָ, הַתּוֹרָה כִּסַּתּוּ וְאַתָּה מְגַלֶּה אוֹתוֹ! וְאִם לָאו- אַתָּה מוֹצִיא לַעַז עַל אוֹתוֹ צַדִּיק"- שַׁבָּת צַו ע"ב)

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