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Translation courtesy of @SefariaProject. We are currently on chapter 19.
ובענין לומדי תורה, הנה מקרא כתוב מפני שיבה תקום והדרת פני זקן, ומינה ילפינן לכל מיני כבוד שאפשר לעשות להם שראוי ודאי לחסיד שיעשהו.
Regarding those who study the Torah, scripture states: "you shall rise before an elder and respect the face of the learned" (Vayikra 19:32). From which we learn all ways of honors that it is possible to confer to Torah scholars, which are certainly proper for the Chasid to do.
וכבר אז"ל (כתובות ק"ג): ואת יראי ה' יכבד, זה יהושפט מלך יהודה, שכיון שהיה רואה תלמיד חכם היה עומד מכסאו ומחבקו ומנשקו ואומר לו רבי רבי מורי מורי.
Our sages of blessed memory expounded (Ketuvot 103b): "'he honors those who fear G-d' (Tehilim 15:4) - this refers to Yehoshafat King of Judah, who, whenever he saw a Torah scholar, would rise up from his throne, hug him, kiss him, and say to him: 'Rebbi, Rebbi, my teacher, my teacher'".
ורבי זירא כשהיה חלש מלימודו, היה משים עצמו על פתח בית המדרש, לעשות מצוה כשיקום מלפני התלמיד חכם (ברכות כ"ח).
When Rebbi Zeira was weak from his studies, he would sit at the entrance of the Beit Midrash (house of Torah study), to perform the mitzva of standing up for Torah scholars.
כל אלה דברים שכבר רואים אנחנו היות הבורא, יתברך שמו, חפץ בה וגלה דעתו העליון בזה.
All these are things which the Creator, blessed be He, has shown us that He desires in, and has revealed to us His exalted judgment in this.
וכיון שכן מי האיש החפץ לעשות נחת רוח ליוצרו, הנה בדרך זה ילך ויוסיף לקח בתחבולותיו ולעשות הישר לפניו יתברך שמו.
Since it is so, one who wishes to bring gratification to his Maker, should walk in this path, and increase strategies for doing what is just before the blessed G-d.
ובכלל זה כמו כן כיבוד בית הכנסת ובית המדרש שאין די שלא ינהג בהם קלות ראש, אלא שינהג בהם כל מיני כבוד ומורא בכל מנהגיו ובכל פעולותיו, וכל מה שלא היה עושה בהיכל מלך גדול לא יעשה בהם.
Also included in this area is honoring the synagogue and the house of study (Orach Chaim 151). For not only must one refrain from acting frivolously there, but he should act with all kinds of honor and fear in all of his conducts and actions. Whatever he would not do in the palace of a great king, he should not do in them.
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