Commentary for Kiddushin 65:1
מפני שיבה תקום והדרת תקום והדרת פני זקן ומדלא כתב הכי ש"מ חד הוא
'Thou shalt rise up before and honour the hoary head; thou shalt rise up before and honour the ol And since It is not written thus, it follows that they are identical.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence one must actually be old in addition to learned.');"><sup>1</sup></span> The Master said: 'I might think that one must honour him with money, therefore it is written: "thou shalt rrise up and thou shalt honourð: just as rising up involves no monetary loss, so does honouring al without monetary loss.' But is there no monetary loss involved in rising?
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The rabbis claim that had the verse referred to two different people it should have applied both verbs to both types of people—the young and old sage. The fact that one verb applies to each implies that they are identical.
We should note that the Talmud spends a lot of time discussing honoring the young sage. It seems to ignore the opinion that the verse refers to any old person, even one who is not a sage.
We should note that the Talmud spends a lot of time discussing honoring the young sage. It seems to ignore the opinion that the verse refers to any old person, even one who is not a sage.
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