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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">From today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis</p>

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<p><strong><strong>Q. What is included in the <em>mitzvah</em> of <em>kibud av v’aim</em> (honoring parents)?</strong></strong></p>

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<p>A. The <em>mitzvah</em> of honoring parents includes serving them food and drink<span data-contrast="auto">, h</span><span data-contrast="auto">elping them get dressed and come and go (if they need assistance)</span><span data-contrast="auto">, making sure

 their home and clothing are clean, </span><span data-contrast="auto">as well as </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">shopping and cooking for them. I</span><span data-contrast="auto">n general,

</span><span data-contrast="auto">th</span><span data-contrast="auto">e <em>mitzvah</em></span><span data-contrast="auto"> entails

</span><span data-contrast="auto">tak</span><span data-contrast="auto">ing </span>

<span data-contrast="auto">care</span><span data-contrast="auto"> of</span> <span data-contrast="auto">

all<span data-contrast="auto"> of<span data-contrast="auto"> the needs of one’s parents<span data-contrast="auto">.

</span><span data-contrast="auto">Sefer</span> <span data-contrast="auto">Chareidim</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (Mitzvas

</span><span data-contrast="auto">Essai</span><span data-contrast="auto">, 1) writes that inherent in the

mitzvah is that children think of their parents as <span data-contrast="auto">outstanding<span data-contrast="auto"> and distinguished individuals<span data-contrast="auto">.

<span data-contrast="auto">One should stand up for <span data-contrast="auto">parents<span data-contrast="auto"> when they enter the room.

</span><span data-contrast="auto">Chazal </span><span data-contrast="auto">give examples of honoring parents, even to an excessive and extreme degree (</span><span data-contrast="auto">see Kid</span><span data-contrast="auto">d</span><span data-contrast="auto">ushin

 31b).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}">

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<p style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><span data-contrast="auto">There is a</span><span data-contrast="auto">n additional

<em>mitzvah</em></span><span data-contrast="auto"> to </span><span data-contrast="auto">revere

</span><span data-contrast="auto">one’s parents. </span><span data-contrast="auto">Shulchan

</span><span data-contrast="auto">Aruch</span><span data-contrast="auto"> (YD 24</span><span data-contrast="auto">0</span><span data-contrast="auto">:2) gives the following examples

</span><span data-contrast="auto">of </span><span data-contrast="auto">reverence</span><span data-contrast="auto">:

</span><span data-contrast="auto">not sitting</span><span data-contrast="auto"> in a

</span><span data-contrast="auto">parent</span><span data-contrast="auto">’</span><span data-contrast="auto">s

</span><span data-contrast="auto">seat</span><span data-contrast="auto">, contradict</span><span data-contrast="auto">ing</span><span data-contrast="auto"> them</span><span data-contrast="auto">, or call</span><span data-contrast="auto">ing</span><span data-contrast="auto">

 them by their </span><span data-contrast="auto">name.</span><span data-contrast="auto">

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