How to Jew/ish Values 0: Hevruta

Was heißt: mit den Feinden am Tore? R. Ḥija b. Abba erwiderte: Selbst Vater und Sohn, Lehrer und Schüler werden Feinde, wenn sie sich mit der Tora am Tore befassen, doch weichen sie nicht von da, bis sie Freunde werden, denn es heißt ^{vaheb [Freundschaft] in Supha, und man lese nicht supha, sondern sopha [am Ende].}

The Gemara asks: What is the meaning of the phrase “enemies in the gate” with regard to Torah study? Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba says: Even a father and his son, or a rabbi and his student, who are engaged in Torah together in one gate become enemies with each other due to the intensity of their studies. But they do not leave there until they love each other, as it is stated in the verse discussing the places the Jewish people engaged in battle in the wilderness: “Therefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, Vahev in Suphah [beSufa], and the valleys of Arnon” (Numbers 21:14). The word “vahev” is interpreted as related to the word for love, ahava. Additionally, do not read this as “in Suphah [beSufa]”; rather, read it as “at its end [besofa],” i.e., at the conclusion of their dispute they are beloved to each other.