[Avodah] Definition of Talmid Chacham

[Ben Waxman]

On 6/26/2012 12:12 AM, Joseph C. Kaplan wrote:
>> Anyone who is genuinely toraso umnuso (TU) is a TCh.

> Is there any source that says this? If there is, could you please give
> us the citation and the words that actually support this assertion. Or
> perhaps you can give us such support for the definition of Talmid Chacham.
> AIUI, you are equating TU with TCh. Perhaps that is so but perhaps they
> are two different concepts.

The Rambam in Hilchot Talmud Torah brings halachot about the respect 
that one must give to a TC. The Kesef Mishne there brings the machloqet 
between Tanna Qama and Rebbi Yossi over who is a Talmid Chacham. Neither 
person says that it is simply someone who learns.

Ben