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# There is a positive mitzvah to stand for a Talmid Chacham who is more knowledgeable in Torah than most people and not simply a Yeshiva Bachur. <ref> S”A 244:1 rules that it is a positive mitzvah to stand for a Talmid Chacham. Shach 244:2 explains that only a Talmid Chacham who is wiser than most people is considered a Talmid Chacham for this halacha. This is quoted by Baeir Heitev 244:2, Chaye Adam 69:1, and Aruch HaShulchan 244:4. Avnei Yashfeh 188:1 writes that certainly there is no obligation to stand for a yeshiva bachur. Yalkut Yosef YD 244:16 writes that one has to stand only for a Talmid Chacham who knows how to give psak in even haezer and choshen mishpat and not just someone learning in kollel. </ref>
# There is a positive mitzvah to stand for a Talmid Chacham who is more knowledgeable in Torah than most people and not simply a Yeshiva Bachur. <ref> S”A 244:1 rules that it is a positive mitzvah to stand for a Talmid Chacham. Shach 244:2 explains that only a Talmid Chacham who is wiser than most people is considered a Talmid Chacham for this halacha. This is quoted by Baeir Heitev 244:2, Chaye Adam 69:1, and Aruch HaShulchan 244:4. Avnei Yashfeh 188:1 writes that certainly there is no obligation to stand for a yeshiva bachur. Yalkut Yosef YD 244:16 writes that one has to stand only for a Talmid Chacham who knows how to give psak in even haezer and choshen mishpat and not just someone learning in kollel. </ref>
# One should stand for a Talmid Chacham once he enters one's 4 amot until he leaves one's view.<ref>S"A YD 244:2</ref>
# One should stand for a Talmid Chacham once he enters one's 4 amot until he leaves one's view.<ref>S"A YD 244:2</ref>
# One should stand for one's Rebbe Muvhak once he enters one's eyesight until he leaves one's eyesight.<ref>S"A YD 242:16</ref> A Gadol HaDor is considered like one's Rebbe Muvhak even if one didn't learn from him.<ref> S”A YD 244:10 </ref>
# One should stand for one's Rebbe Muvhak once he enters one's eyesight until he leaves one's eyesight.<ref>S"A YD 242:16</ref>  
# A Gadol HaDor is considered like one's Rebbe Muvhak even if one didn't learn from him.<ref> S”A YD 244:10 </ref>


==Details of Standing Up==
==Details of Standing Up==