Honoring our own parents, created b’tzelem Elokim!
“You shall send away the mother, and [then] you may take the young for yourself, in order that it should be good for you, and you should lengthen your days.” (Devarim, 22:7)
The Gemara (Chullin 144a) discusses the connection between the mitzvah of shiluach hakein to that of honoring one’s parents. Both carry the reward of “long days.”
It’s interesting to note, however, that shiluach hakein is focused only on female birds. Why? (Rav Chanoch Eherentrau, Kamatz Haminchah)
The year was 2001. It felt like 1939.
To fully understand, one had to live here, live through it. Suicide bombings were common, people were murdered on the street in broad daylight. But short of running back “home” to the States (which soon proved to be as volatile a setting on September 11), we gritted our teeth and life went on.
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