The Torah For Dummies by Arthur Kurzweil

Author:Arthur Kurzweil
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Wiley

Honor and respect your elders

The Torah teaches that you must honor people who are elderly and people who are wise. The Hebrew word for “honor” is kovod (kah-vode). But the word “honor,” which is also used to refer to the commandment to honor your parents (which I discuss earlier in this chapter), doesn’t mean “obey.” As an adult, you aren’t obligated to obey your parents. For example, if your parents tell you to do something that’s wrong, you certainly don’t have to do it. Whether it’s your parents or an elderly person or a wise person, honoring them means displaying respect and kindness to them according to the Torah.

One of the ways to show honor and respect is to stand up. When an elderly or wise person enters a room and surely when he or she approaches you, the Torah urges you to rise out of honor. As the Torah says: “Before an old person shall you arise, and you shall honor the face of an elder, and you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord” (Leviticus 19:32).

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