[Avodah] a troubling halacha

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 09:29:17PM -0500, Michael Poppers wrote:
: In Avodah Digest V25#381, REMT related:
:>> Each gave a different answer: RYBS mentioned the kibbud av va'eim aspect,
:>> RYH said that the passing of a parent means that we are one more generation
:>> removed from the origin of our mesora, and my father said that one has only
:>> one father and mother, while parents generally have more than one child.

:> Could REMT (or someone else) expand on the difference(s) between the
:> respective answers of his father and of RYBS zichronam livrachah?

Just guessing...

A nafqa minha could be that kibud av va'eim applies to parents who didn't
receive the mesorah from their parents. Or who were not present to pass
it on to the child.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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