D'var Halacha

 We are discussing the halachos of kavod talmidei chachamim, specifically the halachos of hiddur. Rashi in Chumash quotes the Toras Kohanim, which says that one should not be soseir (lit. break down) the words of a talmid chacham. Soseir can mean a few things. If a person needs to correct or challenge a talmid chacham,

 We are discussing the halachos of kavod talmidei chachamim. In shiur 1491, we left off with the question of whether there can be a chiyuv hiddur even if there is no chiyuv kimah, or whether they are inexorably tied together. The Sefer Chareidim writes that the chiyuv of hiddur is to speak to the talmid

 We are continuing in the halachos of standing for a talmid chacham. We mentioned in siman 9 that a chacham should not burden the tzibbur and should try to avoid making the tzibbur stand up. The Shach is of the opinion that this halacha applied more at the times of the Gemara, where people sat

 We are beginning siman 10. The Chayei Adam points out that a rebbe muvhak is not so applicable nowadays, as we learned previously (shiur 1490). However, he writes that there is one exception, which is a gadol hador. A gadol hador is understood to be an individual who is clearly head and shoulders above the

 We are beginning siman 7. The Chayei Adam writes that there is no chiyuv of kimah in any place in which one cannot say “Shalom” to someone else. Shalom is one of Hashem’s names, so it cannot be recited in places such as a beis hamerchatz. There is no chiyuv of kimah in such a

 We are beginning siman 6. The Chayei Adam writes, based on a Gemara, that it is assur for one to close their eyes when a talmid chacham (or seivah) are about to pass. The pasuk which teaches us the chiyuv for kimah and hiddur ends with veyareisa mei’elokecha, that regarding this mitzvah one should have

 We have finished simanim 4-5, which discussed the times and places in which one is chayav to stand melo komaso (to full height) for a talmid chacham or seivah. We left off with the question that although these appear to be straightforward halachos, we see that many do not seem to fulfill this mitzvah to

 We are beginning siman 4, regarding giving kavod to talmidei chachamim. We learned about the situations in which a person is chayav to stand up; today we will learn about the definition of standing up. The Chayei Adam writes that the basic halacha is that when a person is chayav to stand up, they should

 We are beginning siman 3, discussing the halachos of kavod talmidei chachamim. The Chayei Adam will define when the chiyuv to stand up begins. The Chayei Adam writes that the chiyuv to stand for one of the individuals we discussed previously (a talmid chacham or elderly Jew) only begins when the individual is within 4

 We are beginning siman 2, discussing the halachos of kavod for talmidei chachamim. In siman 1, we learned that the mitzvah of standing up for someone applies to a talmid chacham even if they are not elderly. Today, we will discuss standing up for someone elderly even if they are not a talmid chacham.  The