Musar for Taanit 13:8
אמר רבי חמא (אמר רבי) חנינא מאי דכתיב (משלי כז, יז) ברזל בברזל יחד לומר לך מה ברזל זה אחד מחדד את חבירו אף שני תלמידי חכמים מחדדין זה את זה בהלכה
[This can only be explained if we connect the verse with the words immediately before it] where it is written, For thou mayest eat of them, but thou shalt not cut them down; but then again it is written, 'It thou shalt destroy and cut down'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. v. 20.');"><sup>14</sup></span> How is this to be explained? -If the scholar is a worthy person learn [eat] from him and do not shun [cut] him, but if he is not destroy him and cut him down. R'Hama B'Hanina said: What is the meaning of the verse, Iron sharpneth iron? -<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXVII, 17.');"><sup>15</sup></span>
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