Quoting%20commentary for Kiddushin 64:9

יכול יעמוד מפניו ממקום רחוק ת"ל תקום והדרת לא אמרתי קימה אלא במקום שיש הידור

and 'zaken' can only refer to a Sage,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the Rabbis one was not a Sage unless he was also upright (cf. Prov. IX, 10: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom) .');">¹⁹</span> for it is said: Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XI, 16.');">²⁰</span> R'Jose the Galilean said: 'Zaken' [means] only he who has acquired wisdom,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Reading zaken as an abbreviation, Zeh kanah hokemah, this one has acquired wisdom.');">²¹</span>

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