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<font size=3>There is a mitzva to stand up for a Talmid Chochom.
Chazal tell us that Eishes Chaver KiChaver, the wife of a talmid chochom
is like a talmid chochom. Is there an obligation to stand up when
she comes into a room?<br><br>
Rav Vosner (Shevet HaLevi 10:13:7) says that his question is brought down
by many acharonim. He boils it down to three shittos.
According to one there is a Mitzvas Aseh to stand up for her Min HaTorah
and it is Kavod HaTorah. According to another it is a Mitzva
MiDiRabbanan. A third opinion is that it is not a Mitzva but a
Midas Chasiddus to stand up. The Chida brings that the Arizal said
one should not stand up for the wife of a Talmid Chochom.<br><br>
If her husband dies, Tosfos seems to say that there is no longer a
Mitzva. The Taz brings from the Maharam Mintz that there still is a
mitzva to stand for her unless she marries an Am HaAretz. </font></body>
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