Commentary for Kiddushin 60:2
מאי את אויבים בשער אמר רבי חייא בר אבא אפי' האב ובנו הרב ותלמידו שעוסקין בתורה בשער אחד נעשים אויבים זה את זה ואינם זזים משם עד שנעשים אוהבים זה את זה שנאמר (במדבר כא, יד) את והב בסופה אל תקרי בסופה אלא בסופה
and it is also said, sharp arrows of the mighty;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The scholars, Ibid. CXX, 4.');"><sup>4</sup></span> and it is also said: Thine arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under thee;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XLV, 6.');"><sup>5</sup></span> and it is also said: Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them; They shall not be ashamed, when they speak with their enemies in the gate.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' PS. CXXVII, 5.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
When people begin to learn Torah together, they argue, neither seeing what the other is trying to say. But by the time they are done, they will come to love each other, to appreciate what the other is saying. This is read midrashically into a verse. The verse begins with “the wars of the Lord.” But the end of the verse quotes some difficult words “vahav besufah.” “Vahav” the rabbis read as related to “ahavah,” “love.” “Besufah” they change to “besofah” which means “at the end. So there is war in the beginning but love at the end.
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