A Rebbe's Role
Links"Rebbe" Status
Defining "Rebbe" status vis-a-vis General issues of Respect: Bava Metzia 33a
A Rebbe as a "father" in giving Legal Rulings: R. Berachot 4a "Shehayah"
A Rebbe as a "father" in bringing his students into The World to Come: Bava Metzia 33a
Choosing a Rebbe
A person should only learn from a Rebbe who is pure: Moed Katan 17a
The value of learning from a single teacher: Eruvin 53a
A student won't be able to learn from every teacher: Eruvin 47a-b
One will not be able to learn well unless his Rebbe shows him favor, and one should take steps, even involving intermediaries, to gain that favor from his Rebbe: Taanit 8a
Consulting one's Rebbe
Asking a legal question to one authority, and then bringing it to another afterward: Megillah 26b
One should opt to listen to a Rebbe, instead of to the Rebbe's student: Niddah 14b
A Student should visit his Rebbe on certain Holidays: Rosh HaShanah 16b; Succah 10b, 26a, 27b
A student should learn with an independent, creative mind: Eruvin 13a [see Rashi]
Observing one's Rebbe
A Student should live near his Rebbe, if he will listen to the Rebbe: Berachot 8a
Watching one's Rebbe increases one's sharpness: Eruvin 13b
Learning law from the Acts of a Rebbe: Pesachim 100a
Rav Mesharshiya's advice to his son: Prepare a text prior to learning it from your rebbe, and keep your eyes on your rebbe's mouth: Keritot 6a
The Rebbe's Obligation towards his Students
Status of a Student who is Needed [for his learning] by his Rebbe: Bava Metzia 33a
The care a Rebbe must exercise, to refrain from a practice which others cannot correctly emulate: Niddah 20a-b
Gd crying over a Leader who is haughty: Chagigah 5b
Whether a Rebbe may forgive his own honor: Kiddushin 32a-b
For a Rebbe to open doors for students: Succah 28a
If a person approaches a Rebbe and asks him to teach him, and the Rebbe refuses, then Gd will make the Rebbe a fool and make the student wise: Temurah 16a
How many times a teacher must repeat a lesson for his student: Eruvin 54b
Whether a Rebbe should stand before his father, who is his student, and whether the father stands for him: Kiddushin 33b
Greeting a Student: Yoma 77b
R' Pereida had a student who needed to have a lesson repeated 400 times in order for him to learn it properly. Once, the student still didn't understand, and the student explained it was because he had heard someone telling R' Pereida he would have to get R' Pereida for a Mitzvah later, so that the student had his mind on R' Pereida having to leave. R' Pereida then sat and taught him the lesson 400 more times. A Divine Voice emerged and offered R' Pereida 400 years of extra life, or merit for the next world for his generation. R' Pereida took the latter, and so Gd gave him both: Eruvin 54b
Honoring one's Rebbe
A student should have awe of his Rebbe, as he would of Heaven: Pesachim 108a
Treating someone with honor if he is greater in any single area: Pesachim 113b
Choosing between the honor of a Rebbe and preventing disgrace to Gd's Name: Eruvin 63a
Death, as a Divine punishment for insulting one's Rebbe: Taanit 9a-b
Honor of one's parents vs honor of one's Rebbe: Keritot 28a
Teaching law in one's Rebbe's Presence
Not deciding law in the town of one's Rebbe: Eruvin 62b-63a; Yoma 53a; Sanhedrin 5b; Niddah 20b
The penalty is Divinely-executed death if the Rebbe is actually present: Eruvin 63a
One who rules before his Rebbe is fit to be snake-bitten, is considered a sinner, will be removed from his position and dies childless: Eruvin 63a
Ruling in the presence of one's Rebbe, if one has gained the status of a colleague: Eruvin 62b-63a
Teaching a simple, straightforward law during one's Rebbe's lifetime: Eruvin 62b-63a
Teaching a law from a book: Eruvin 62b
A student must receive permission from his Rebbe before he may declare law: Sanhedrin 5b
Not relating anything not taught by one's Rebbe: Yoma 66b; Succah 27b-28a, 28a
Not contradicting one's Rebbe: Niddah 14b [See Tos. #2]
For a Sage to rescind someone's vow, in his Rebbe's town: Nedarim 8b
Ruling before one's Rebbe in order to prevent people from sin: Eruvin 63a
Ex-communicating someone who is about to perform a sin intentionally, before one's Rebbe: Eruvin 63a
Whether a Rebbe should stand before his father, who is his student, and whether the father stands for him: Kiddushin 33b
Conduct in a Rebbe's Presence
Greeting a Rebbe: Yoma 77b
At what distance from his Rebbe a student is required to stand, if he is [not] his Rebbe for all of his learning: Kiddushin 33a, 33b
Whether one stands if his Rebbe is riding: Kiddushin 33b
Standing before a Rebbe only once in the morning, and once in the evening: Kiddushin 33b
The punishment for a Torah Scholar who does not stand before his Rebbe: Kiddushin 33b
Standing before a Rebbe if one is already learning Torah: Kiddushin 33b
Honoring one's Rebbe more than another Torah scholar who is also present: Eruvin 36b
Interrupting a Rebbe while he is giving a Lesson: Pesachim 110a
Standing before one's Rebbe: Bava Metzia 33a
Where the Rebbe and student should be sitting, in relation to each other: Megillah 21a
How a student speaks to his Rebbe: Rosh HaShanah 31b
A Student may not bathe with his Rebbe, unless his Rebbe needs him: Pesachim 51a
Whether a Rebbe should stand before his father, who is his student, and whether the father stands for him: Kiddushin 33b
Honoring a Student in front of his Rebbe: Yoma 69a, Chagigah 5a
Behavior of a Student Departing from before his Rebbe: Yoma 53a
Spitting when before one's Rebbe: Eruvin 99a
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