Reference for Taanit 7:4
א"ר שמואל בר נחמני אמר רבי יונתן שלשה שאלו שלא כהוגן לשנים השיבוהו כהוגן לאחד השיבוהו שלא כהוגן ואלו הן אליעזר עבד אברהם ושאול בן קיש ויפתח הגלעדי
A scholar who is not as hard as iron is no scholar, as it is said, And like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid.');"><sup>3</sup></span> R'Abba said to R'Ashi: You have learnt this from that verse but we have learnt it from the following verse: A land whose stones are iron.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. VIII, 9. hre, kt');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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