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He said: There are Tzadikim who are great in Torah and well-versed in many books and in the teachings of our Sages o.b.m. — and because of this very fact they cannot innovate in Torah, because they are so well-versed. For when one begins to say Torah and wants to innovate some matter, their great erudition confuses them — they immediately begin to say many introductions and many matters from what they know from books, and because of this their words become confused and they cannot bring forth any fine novelty. And he then took as an example a great man of his generation who could not say Torah because of this. And what was understood from his words was: when one wishes to innovate novelties, one must contract one's mind — not to rush immediately to confuse one's mind with many introductions that are not essential to the novelty. And one should make oneself as if not knowing, and then one can bring forth and innovate many novelties in gradual order. And he spoke more about this, but it is impossible to explain such a matter in writing — and the wise person will understand it on his own.