"Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said: Why are the words of Torah compared to a tree? As it is said: 'It is a tree of life for those who cling to it' (Proberbs 3:18). This is to teach you that just as a small piece of wood ignites a large one, so too with Torah scholars - the younger ones sharpen the minds of the older ones.
"And this is what Rabbi Chanina said: I have learned much from my teachers, and from my colleagues more than from my teachers, but from my students more than from them all."
-- Talmud Bavli, Ta'anit 7a
How do the younger ones sharpen the minds of the older ones? When they persist with many difficult Qashe questions.
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