Two people. Two people made a Beracha (blessing). Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Daily Advice. Everybody, it’s not the Sheva. Today, Eli chose the topic of kima (rising).
One time, we know there was a rabbi who writes in the Gemara that one rabbi was not able to learn. He wasn’t able to learn. He wasn’t feeling well. He was weak. He was ill. What did he do? He went and sat by the Beit Midrash (study hall). Why was he by the Beit Midrash? Why? So, as the rabbis would walk in and out, he would stand up. We get sechar (reward) for standing up. We know that the big mitzvah (commandment) is to stand up for the talmidei chachamim (Torah scholars). You don’t know? I don’t have that problem—not a talmid chacham (Torah scholar). But it’s a big mitzvah to stand up for the talmidei chachamim. The big mitzvah: stand up for the talmidei chachamim.
And therefore, a person says this, what it says over here, ready? A guy who stands up, it becomes—why? The person has to realize that he has awe of his rabbi, like you have awe of Borei Olam (Creator of the world). So, therefore, a person has awe of his rabbi.
Not only that, we know there’s also an inyan (matter). It’s very sad, but there’s also an inyan of standing up for elderly people. For elderly people, it’s a mitzvah. Why I say it's it, because unfortunately the Pele Yoetz writes this is a forgotten art. It’s a forgotten art. You see someone walk by, you give them a little shuffle, maybe a shuffle. The mitzvah to stand—it’s a mitzvah to stand up completely, right, completely. Even the rabbis, it says, by the way: When does that end? It ends when a person turns 70. When we turn 70, then you don’t have that mitzvah. You don’t have it anymore. That’s why many rabbis were sad when they turned 70. Why? Until then, they were able to stand up. Okay, I’ll stand up now anyway, but it’s not the same; there’s no obligation. You’re not obligated in the same way. We have a person because he’s an elderly person. That’s what I’m sending that person to be mezakeh (grant merit to) you, sending you that person to come so you can have zechut (merit).
By the way, it’s the same thing with a parent. It’s something that many people have forgotten, unfortunately. A person has to stand up for a parent. A parent walks in—even a hundred times—one time in the morning, one time in the evening, that’s it. Constantly: walks out, walks in, walks out, walks in, walks out, walks in. That’s why they give my advice by the rabbis, right, that really you should try not to bother your kids so much. So, go in and out; don’t go in and out so many times because you’re burning your kids. Okay, but by the way, it’s right over there. If you see kids love mitzvot, do it, do it. Go out and go out. And why? Because you give them a lot of, but this is something that’s so easy, such an easy mitzvah, understanding that the elderly, the elderly are for a reason for you also. There’s a reason why they’re elderly. That’s why you’re meeting this person for you, for your, for your... That’s why they’re coming by you. That’s why they’re walking by. It’s walking into the shul (synagogue). Why? Because of what I, what...
But the problem is with the old people, right? We’re talking about the good to sell. And therefore, how careful we have to be to make sure that from the point of view of the old people, you get up, and you’re from the point of view of the old people. For the wise people, they walk by. For the rabbis, they walk by. For the elderly, they walk by. For the parents, they walk by. Very big mitzvah, even Rabotai (my masters), for the in-laws. It’s a mitzvah to stand up for the in-laws. Okay? Very good. Mitzvah to stand up. Easy mitzvah to do. Mitzvah to the Shem. Maybe this mitzvah will tip the scale, tip the scale in our favor, which is... And I wish you a happy new year. God bless you. Amen.