We are continuing in siman 15, discussing indirect conflicts between kibud av v’eim and other mitzvos. The Chayei Adam discusses a new case: one’s mother asks a child to do something, and their father subsequently comes in and asks the child who told them to do what they are doing. The child realizes that if […]
We are continuing in siman 15. We learned that talmud torah and marriage is greater than kibud av v’eim, in the sense that the child does not need to listen to the parent’s directive in those cases if the child feels it will negatively impact their fulfillment of the mitzvah. We will discuss other applications,
We are beginning siman 15, where the Chayei Adam discusses situations in which a parent wishes to give their child direction on how to perform a mitzvah, but the child wishes to perform the mitzvah in a different manner. The Chayei Adam will give some examples. The Chayei Adam begins with the mitzvah of limud
