Jewish%20thought for Moed Katan 32:1

אף דברי תורה בסתר

so the [discussions on the] words of the Torah are also [to be] under cover).<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The motive of this new restriction is not given. It was an old common practice to teach in the open. perhaps it was to avoid misrepresentation on the part of the passing crowds who might mistake the heated discussions for acrimonious disputations. The quotation is now resumed.');">¹</span> - R'Hiyya went out and taught the sons of his two brothers in the [open] marketplace, Rab and Rabbah son of Kar Hana. Rabbi heard [of this and] was vexed.

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