[Avodah] who do you ask to explain a pasuk

[Zev Sero]

On 30/09/2013 4:14 PM, Ben Waxman wrote:
> Rav Yehoshua Reiss, in an article in the book "Hi Sichati" in which
> he reviews the history of learning Tanach in Am Yisrael, brings the
> following story:
>
> Rav Hai Gaon was learning with his students and they came across a
> pasuk from Tehillim (141:5). There was a difference of opinion about
> its meaning. Rav Hai told Rav Mazliach to go to the Catholic
> (monestary?) and ask him how he explains this verse.

And then what?  Maybe the idea was to ask them and decide the opposite.


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