The Fence of Dispute
The one who bears the dispute. The essence of the dispute.
("And the Fence of Dispute which is for the sake of Heaven, is as if it said: every dispute whose end and purpose is to endure is for the sake of Heaven, and every dispute that has no end to endure is not for the sake of Heaven." – Pirkei Moshe on the Fathers, chapter 5)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
גֶּדֶר הַמַּחֲלֹקֶת
Definition (Hebrew)
הַנּוֹשֵׂא הַשָּׁנוּי בְּמַחְלֹקֶת.תַּמְצִית הַמַּחֲלֹקֶת.
("וְגֶדֶר הַמַּחֲלֹקֶת שֶׁהִיא לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, וְהוּא כְּאִלּוּ אָמַר כָּל מַחְלֹקֶת שֶׁסּוֹפָהּ וְתַכְלִיתָהּ לְהִתְקַיֵּם הִיא לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, וְכָל שֶׁאֵין סוֹפָהּ לְהִתְקַיֵּם אֵינָהּ לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם"- פִּרְקֵי מֹשֶׁה עַל אָבוֹת פֶּרֶק ה)