Reply To: Making Stuff Up and Sources

“Not knowing the source of something does not necessarily mean its made up. There are many things that people are brought up believing and practicing or things they’ve heard from teachers, Rabbeim, or other people they respect and trust, yet they do not know the source for but are confident in the persons knowledge of Torah and go by their judgement. Granted they should not be quoting something they do not know the source for and putting it down as fact, yet it should not be dismissed as “made up stuff”.”

Granted. And, truth to tell, I would not have expected him to be able to quote me chapter and verse at a Chasuna. But he could have quoted any source — “I heard it from my rebbi” is an acceptable source. His body language, however, indicated to me that he made it up.

The Wolf