מילון על ויקרא 19:32

In the case of many other commandments Rabbi Jose sought to lighten the burden of their observance. He ruled that no “Bikurim” (offering of first fruits) need be brought from the lands east of the Jordan because it was not characterized as a land of milk and honey.⁹⁾בכורים פרק א׳ משנה י׳. He established the rule that so long as a person is engaged in the observance of one commandment he is absolved from observing any other commandments at the same time.¹⁰⁾סוכה כ״ו א׳. The verse, “Before an old man you shall rise,” (Lev. 19:32) he explained to mean that only a scholarly person is to be accorded that honor.¹¹⁾קדושין ל״ב ב׳.