Positive Commandment #208 of 613
Release a mother bird before taking her children from the nest
Commandment #208 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 22:7, classified under Food in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.”
— Deuteronomy 22:7
Hebrew
ז שַׁלֵּחַ תְּשַׁלַּח אֶת-הָאֵם, וְאֶת-הַבָּנִים תִּקַּח-לָךְ, לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ, וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ יָמִים. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
7 ἀποστολῇ ἀποστελεῖς τὴν μητέρα, τὰ δὲ παιδία λήμψῃ σεαυτῷ, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται καὶ πολυήμερος ἔσῃ.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Food
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #545
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessSlaughter
Related Commandments in “Food”
#176: Examine the signs of animals to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:2
#177: Examine the signs of fowl to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Deuteronomy 14:11
#178: Examine the signs of fish to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:9
#179: Examine the signs of insects to distinguish between those which are kosher and non-kosher
Leviticus 11:21
#180: Do not eat non-kosher animals
Leviticus 11:4
#181: Do not eat non-kosher fowl
Leviticus 11:13
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