Should a student ask his teacher for permission to recline at the table?
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Question
If a student is eating at his teacher's house, is he required to ask permission from his teacher to recline, or only if the teacher instructs him?
Answer
Hello, happy holiday
There is no commandment for the student to ask for permission.
Only in the case of his father, who is also his teacher, where there is doubt if he is obligated by law, it is said that he should ask for permission to recline.
[I have seen an opinion in the past that it is forbidden for a student to ask, as the very request is a disgrace to his teacher. Currently, I do not remember where I saw it].
Source
Pesachim 108a
Shulchan Aruch 472:5