{"id":28918,"date":"2011-01-20T16:16:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T00:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=28918"},"modified":"2011-01-20T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T00:16:26","slug":"honor-your-father-and-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=28918","title":{"rendered":"Honor Your Father And Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dennis Prager writes in the Jewish Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n

What does \u201chonor\u201d mean? The Hebrew word for \u201chonor\u201d (ka-bed) consists of the same letters as the Hebrew word for \u201cheavy\u201d (ka-ved). The only difference is a dot in the second letter.<\/p>\n

In other words, \u201chonor\u201d means treating one\u2019s parents with the gravity that their position demands. In one of many examples of the genius of Torah Hebrew, the opposite of \u201chonor\u201d is \u201ckalel.\u201d The word is always translated as \u201cto curse,\u201d but its literal meaning is to make light of (from the Hebrew \u201ckal,\u201d light). One curses one\u2019s parents not only if one directs curses at them, but if one treats them lightly.<\/p>\n

One honors one\u2019s parents through speech and actions. We do not speak to our parents with the same abandon we do to our peers \u2014 no \u201cdude\u201d and no use of expletives are two examples. Actions would include getting up to greet a parent, offering them one\u2019s seat, and maintaining regular contact with one\u2019s parent(s) \u2014 such as calling them every week.<\/p>\n

Honor does not mean blind obedience. In another great Torah lesson, one learns from Abraham, who disagreed and even argued with God, his Father in Heaven, that one can argue and disagree with one\u2019s father on earth. But one also learns from the way in which Abraham did it how to differ with one\u2019s parent respectfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dennis Prager writes in the Jewish Journal: What does \u201chonor\u201d mean? The Hebrew word for \u201chonor\u201d (ka-bed) consists of the same letters as the Hebrew word for \u201cheavy\u201d (ka-ved). The only difference is a dot in the second letter. In … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[25245,29761,9997,6871,29787,25246],"class_list":["post-28918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dennis-prager","tag-blind-obedience","tag-dennis-prager","tag-father-in-heaven","tag-hebrew-word","tag-jewish-journal","tag-position-demands"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t