To warm oneself opposite the fire of... / To warm one's hands at someone's fire/to learn from someone/to be influenced by
He was warmed by the light that came from him. In the question: "Tell me, and many things will be revealed from him." He received wisdom from him.
("Rabbi Eliezer Omer says, "Your friend should be as dear to you as your own, and do not be at ease in anger, and one day before your death, he will turn and burn like the light of the wise." -Avot 2:9-10)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְחַמֵּם כְּנֶגֶד אוּרוֹ שֶׁל...
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְחַמֵּם מוּל הָאוֹר שֶׁיָּצָא מִמֶּנּוּ. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: לָמַד וְהִתְפַּתֵּחַ רַבּוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ. קִבֵּל מִמֶּנּוּ חָכְמָה.
("רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר יְהִי כְּבוֹד חֲבֵרְךָ חָבִיב עָלֶיךָ כְּשֶׁלָּךְ וְאַל תְּהִי נוֹחַ לִכְעֹס וְשׁוּב יוֹם אֶחָד לִפְנֵי מִיתָתֶךָ וֶהֱוֵי מִתְחַמֵּם כְּנֶגֶד אוּרָן שֶׁל חֲכָמִים"-אָבוֹת ב ט-י)