English: Our Rabbis taught: The wood-gatherer was Tzelofchad… R’ Yehudah ben Beseira said: Akiva, either way you will have to give account. If as you say — the Torah covered him and you reveal him? And if not — you cast aspersions on that righteous man?
Type of Learning
Identification of the anonymous sinner.
What Is Learned
Even if R’ Akiva’s identification is useful, revealing a name the Torah left covered is treated as grave.