Women Rabbis - Honor

Honor

According to the Talmud, it is a commandment (mitzvah) to stand up for a Rabbi or Torah scholar, and one should also stand for their spouses and address them with respect. Kohanim are required to honor Rabbis and Torah scholars like everybody else. However, if one is more learned than the Rabbi or the scholar there is no need to stand.

In many places today and throughout history, Rabbis and Torah scholars had and still have the power to place individuals who insulted them in excommunication.

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