What If My Rabbi Doesn't Tell Me The Truth? (4 Minutes)
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1:03Next test after the golden calf is when they rebelled against Hashem's mitzvot. This is an interesting one. We actually learned it recently, just in last week's parasha. In Chapter 11, verse 1. Last week's parasha. The people took to seeking complaints. It was evil in the ears of Hashem, and Hashem heard, and His wrath flared, and the fire of Hashem burned against them, and it consumed them at the edge of the camp. Chazal tells us that over here the complainers, the Erev Rav again, fired again, and started creating nonsense to complain about. There wasn't any real reason to complain. They said, "No, we don't have meat. What do you mean? You have millions and millions of cows. Go slaughter one, eat meat. Tehavun, you know. Enjoy. You want chicken? You have a bunch of chickens. You want whatever you need? Eat." But no, they were creating complaints. And their leaders... started creating nonsense to complain about. There wasn't any real reason to complain. They said, "No, we don't have meat." What do you mean? You have millions and millions of cows. Go slaughter one and eat meat. Te'avun, you know, enjoy. You want chicken? You have a bunch of chickens. Whatever you need, eat. But no, they were creating complaints. And their leaders...
2:30Don't say anything again, just like the time of the Golden Calf. So what did Hashem do in last week's parasha? He burned all the leaders. Not all the people, all the leaders. Why? Because if the leaders are not going to rebuke the nation, they're worthless. If a rabbi is not going to tell people the truth, he's worthless. What's the point of learning Torah if you're not going to share it? The Gemara in Masechet Avodah Zarah says, someone who learns Torah without the intention to teach it—it's not merely about telling stories, but teaching what he learned, teaching what Hashem said about Shabbat, teaching what it says about Niddah, teaching what He said about Kashrut, the real laws, not half of the Torah, the whole thing—is like someone who doesn't have a G-d. If you're learning Torah without the intention to teach it, You're the same as someone who doesn't have a G-d. Why? Because as we said, good has a need to create good. So if you're learning my Torah and you're not deriving good from it, then you're not learning my Torah. It's something else. It's not my Torah. For you, it's a history book.
3:46And the Zohar says, someone who thinks that the Torah, or even says explicitly that the Torah, is merely a history book, loses his right to live. He has no purpose in truly living. He forfeits his right to exist. In today's generation, many people erroneously claim it's just a history book.
