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the sages taught us let the honor of your student be as dear to you as your own what do these words mean why use the phrase Let the honor of your student be as dear to you as your own it seems unnecessarily complicated wouldn't it be simpler to say honor your student just as we are told honor your father but within this wording lies a profound lesson from our sages honor your father means acknowledging and conveying that your father is above you that is the essence of honoring one's father with a student however we are not meant to elevate them above ourselves instead the directive is let the honor of your student be as dear to you as your own the role of a teacher or parent often includes guiding correcting and sometimes even criticizing a child without guidance how will the child learn how to behave it's necessary to explain direct and sometimes rebuke however when rebuking the sages caution us to be careful not to
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