Commentary for Kiddushin 65:14
אביי מכי הוה חזי ליה לאודניה דחמרא דרב יוסף דאתי הוה קאים אביי הוה רכיב חמרא וקא מסגי אגודא דנהר סגיא יתיב רב משרשיא ורבנן באידך גיסא ולא קמו מקמיה אמר להו ולאו רב מובהק אנא אמרו ליה לאו אדעתין:
Now, R'Mesharsheya and other scholars were sitting on the opposite bank, and they did not rise before him. Thereupon he expostulated with them: 'Am I not your teacher par excellence!' 'It was thoughtlessness on our part, replied they to him. R'Simeon B'Eleazar said: How do we know that the Sage must not trouble [the people]?
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
How close to one’s teacher must one be for one to be obligated to rise? The baraita rules four amot, but Abaye restricts this to a regular teacher. If the teacher is his primary teacher, he must rise if he is anywhere within his sight.
The story here seems to illustrate that while some rabbis took this mitzvah seriously, not all did.
The story here seems to illustrate that while some rabbis took this mitzvah seriously, not all did.
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