Held on to his error
He insisted on continuing his misleading thinking or behavior.
("However, there is no right to go to the house of Hillel and Rabbi Papa erred, and to reinforce his error, Kamer said that the journey came from Rabbah" - blessings of Yosef Orach Chaim Simen Ratz)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֶחֱזִיק בְּטָעוּתוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתְעַקֵּשׁ לְהַמְשִׁיךְ בַּחֲשִׁיבָתוֹ אוֹ הִתְנַהֲגוּתוֹ הַמֻּטְעֵית.
("אֲבָל אֵין הַכַּוָּנָה דְּאִין הֲלָכָה כְּבֵית הִלֵּל וְר' פַּפָּא טָעָה, וּלְהַחֲזִיק טָעוּתוֹ קָאמָר הֲלָכָה מִשָּׁם רַבָּא"- בִּרְכֵּי יוֹסֵף אֹרַח חַיִּים סִימָן רטז)