[Avodah] Is there a mitzvah to honor step-parents?

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 02:40:10PM +0000, Professor L. Levine via Avodah wrote:
: From today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis.
...
:     The Birkei Yosef (YD 240:16) writes that one is obligated
:     to show honor to their step-mother even if their birth mother
:     objects. Honoring their step-mother is a means of honoring their
:     father...

Similarly, one is obligated to show kavod to one's rebbe's wife, as it
is part of the chiyuv of showing him kavod.

Although, if you truly believe in the zekhuyos accorded to the Zevulun
in a Yissachar-Zevulun relationship, why wouldn't we be obligated to
stand for the rebbetzin because "sheli veshalekhem, shelah hu?" (But
that's not how the SA phrases the chiyuv to stand for her.)

-Micha

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