Teaching Torah to Others
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Question
Is there a commandment that if a person knows Torah or Halacha, they are obligated to teach others? If so, what is the source?
Answer
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There is a source for this in the words of the Gemara in Sanhedrin. See the sources.
Source
Sanhedrin (91b - 93a):
Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav: Anyone who withholds a halacha from a student is as if he robs him of his ancestral inheritance, as it is stated: 'Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob,' it is an inheritance for all Israel from the six days of creation. Rav Chana bar Bizna said in the name of Rabbi Shimon Chasida: Anyone who withholds a halacha from a student, even fetuses in their mother's womb curse him, as it is stated: 'He who withholds grain, the people will curse him,' and there is no people other than fetuses, as it is stated: 'And one people shall be stronger than the other people,' and there is no curse other than a curse, as it is stated: 'How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?' and there is no grain other than Torah, as it is stated: 'Kiss the son, lest he be angry.' Ulla bar Ishmael says: They pierce him like a sieve, it is written here 'the people will curse him,' and it is written there 'and he pierced a hole in its door,' and Abaye said, like a sieve for sifting.