Whoever repeats a statement in the name of the one who said it, brings redemption to the world.
Pirkei Avot
Not giving credit for another’s idea is stealing. When we present an idea, there are, according to Telushkin, two reasons for doing so. We may be trying to impress the group with our intelligence, or we may be trying to add an idea we heard somewhere else. If the idea is someone else’s, share - but give credit. Otherwise you are “stealing the mind” of the other.
This one seems pretty straightforward. But I am glad to know that our ancestors were thinking about this 2,000 years ago.
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