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Aging and the aged in Jewish law : essays and responsa / edited by Walter Jacob and Moshe Zemer
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MICHAEL ROSEN

Our Rabbis taught:You shall rise before the aged possibly[one would think] even an elderly sinner (ashmai), therefore we learn[e.g., the verse conti­nues] zaken. A zaken is only a scholar as it is said Gather unto me seventy men from the Elders (miziknei) of Israel .

Yosi HaGalili says: An elder(zaken) is only one that acquired wisdom, as it states(Prov. 8:22):The Lord created me at the beginning of His course as the first of His works of old....

Issi b. Yehudah says:You shall rise before the aged, even in front of any aged person[i.e., even if not a scholar].

[It seems then] that the first authority(tanna kama) cited at the outset of the sugya and R. Yosi HaGalili hold the same opinion! The differentiating case between them is a young scholar. The tanna kama is of the opinion that a young scholar is not deserving of respect, R. Yosi HaGalili holds that even if he is young he receives respect....

R. Yohanan stated that the Halakhah is according to Issi b. Yehudah.

b The Babylonian Talmud , after several excursuses and a few Sentences encapsulating the excursuses and the anonymous opinion (stamma) creating a difference of opinion between the tanna kama

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