by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
8. We do not show deference to a student while in the presence of his teacher, unless it is his teacher’s manner to show him deference. All of the services which a slave does for a master, a student does for his teacher. However, if he was in a place where he...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
9. A student who saw his teacher violating the words of the Torah should say to him: “Our teacher, haven’t you taught us such and such?” Every time that he mentions a teaching in his presence, he he should say: “Thus you have taught us, our...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
10. Every student whose attitudes are finely honed does not speak in front of anyone who is wiser than he, even if he never learned anything from him. Q1: Is this a new category – “the student whose attitudes are finely honed”? If so, how is it...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
11.0 If the outstanding teacher wants to *Mochel* [forgo] the honor due him, regarding any of these [abovementioned] things – or any one of them; [whether he is *Mochel*] towards all of his students or to one of them, he has that right. In spite of the fact that...
by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom | Sep 26, 2015 | Intermediate
12. Just as the students are obligated in the honor of their teacher, similarly the teacher must honor his students and bring them close. This is what the sages said: Your student’s honor should be as precious to you as your own (Avot 4:12). A person should be...
