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The Torah precedes the obligation to revere one’s mother to revering his
“You shall not hate your brother in your heart; father, since a person naturally fears his father more than his mother.
you shall reprove your fellow and you shall not Similarly, the Torah precedes the obligation to honor one’s father to
honoring his mother, because he more readily honors his mother.
bear a sin because of him”
The Torah places the command to keep Shabbat adjacent to the command
(Vayikra 19:17)
to honor one’s parents in order to teach a person that although he is
enjoined to honor his parents, he may not desecrate Shabbat or transgress
any other mitzvah, if they tell him to do so. He should disregard their
request in order to avoid transgressing Hashem’s will.
One is obligated to revere his parents since the Name resides among
them. Just as one honors Hashem, so too, should he respect his parents.
Correspondingly, when a person, who is a physical being, created with the
letter , observes Shabbat, resembling the World to Come, created with
the letter , he unifies the Name . This explains the juxtaposition of
these mitzvot.

A person should honor his parents, who brought him into this world and
enabled him to observe Shabbat, which adds kedushah to the existing
kedushah of his neshamah. By honoring his parents, who are visible to
him, he will eventually honor Hashem. Moreover, When a person partakes
in physical pleasures on Shabbat, and in addition nourishes his soul with
divrei Torah, he reinforces the connection between the body and soul,
which were created with the letters and . Consequently, Hashem’s
Name is unified.
By refraining from marriage, Chizkiyahu was threatened with the
punishment of being denied the privilege of the two worlds, which were
created with the Name . Chizkiyahu’s punishment was measure for
measure, since he denied his unborn children the opportunity to honor
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