Commandment Profile:

+209) To honor Torah sages
Application to gentiles:
Required
Mandated punishment for violation:
From Heaven
Brief description:
To respect genuine scholars of Torah and to treat them with honor. This includes rabbis of great Torah scholarship, Hasidic Gentiles who have seriously and properly learned both Written and Oral Torah, and even very elderly gentiles who do not know Torah (in the virtue of their great experience in life).

Examples:

  • To stand up in the presence of such a person.
Category:
Biblical source(s) (Rambam): Lev. 19:32
Biblical source (Sefer HaChinuch): Lev. 19:32
Number in Sefer HaChinuch: 257
Sources explaining relevance to gentiles:

  • Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Talmud Torah 6:9
    Jews must honor even elderly gentiles (thus all the more so gentiles must do likewise).