Honor of the Host (כְּבוֹד הָאַכְסַנְיָה)

Honor of the Host

By extension: courtesy toward the hosts; respect for the owners of the place; respect for the place.

("Our Rabbis taught: When our rabbis entered the vineyard in Yavneh, there were Rabbi Yehudah, Rabbi Yosei, Rabbi Nechemiah, and Rabbi Eliezer son of Rabbi Yosei the Galilean. They all began with honor to the host and expounded. Rabbi Yehudah, the chief speaker everywhere, began with honor to Torah and expounded" - Berakhot 63b; and likewise: "They would hand me one of their own prayer books. I observed the honor due to the inn and prayed according to the order of their prayer" - Agnon / These and Those, The Book That Did Not Err b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

כְּבוֹד הָאַכְסַנְיָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כָּבוֹד כְּלַפֵּי הַמְּאָרְחִים. כָּבוֹד לְבַעֲלֵי הַמָּקוֹם. כְּבוֹד הַמָּקוֹם.

("תְּנוּ רַבָּנָן: כְּשֶׁנִּכְנְסוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ לַכֶּרֶם בְּיַבְנֶה הָיוּ שָׁם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי וְרַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה וְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּנוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי, פָּתְחוּ כֻּלָּם בִּכְבוֹד אַכְסַנְיָא וְדָרְשׁוּ. פָּתַח רַבִּי יְהוּדָה רֹאשׁ הַמְדַבְּרִים בְּכָל מָקוֹם בִּכְבוֹד תּוֹרָה וְדָרַשׁ"-בְּרָכוֹת סג ע"ב, וְכֵן:"הָיוּ מוֹשִׁיטִים לִי סִדּוּר מִשֶּׁלָּהֶם. נָהַגְתִּי כָּבוֹד בָּאַכְסַנְיָא וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתִּי כְּפִי סֵדֶר תְּפִלָּתָם"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, לֹא נִכְשַׁל ב)

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