This week we read the double portion of Achrey Mot and Kedoshim. These two portions are filled with laws including laws about eating meat, observing Yom Kippur, tzedakah and loving your neighbor as yourself. Included among these laws is the command: "You shall each fear your mother and your father." Earlier, in the ten commandments, the Torah says, "Honor your father and your mother."
What is the difference between fearing and honoring your parents? Why are they both important? Why is the order of the mother and father different in the two verses?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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