Study Kiddushin folio 31A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
she persuades him with many statements of encouragement and does not treat him harshly. Therefore, in the mitzva of: “Honor your father and your mother” (Exodus 20:11), God preceded the mention of the honor due one’s father before mentioning the honor due one’s mother. The verse emphasizes the dut
A tanna taught a baraita before Rav Naḥman: When a person causes his father and mother suffering, God says: I did well in not dwelling among them, for if I had dwelled among them they would have caused Me suffering as well, as it were. R' Yitzḥak says: Anyone who transgresses in private, it is consi
With regard to the same issue, R' Yehoshua ben Levi says: It is prohibited for a person to walk even 4 cubits with an upright posture, which is considered an arrogant manner, as it is stated: “The entire world is full of His glory” (Isaiah 6:3). One who walks in an arrogant manner indicates a lack
The son of one widow asked R' Eliezer: If my father says to me: Give me water to drink, and my mother also says to me: Give me water to drink, which of them should I honor first? R' Eliezer said to him: Set aside the honor of your mother, and perform the honor of your father, as you and your mothe
The man said to him: my teacher! if one’s mother is divorced, what is the halakha? R' Yehoshua said to him: From your eyelashes, which are filled with tears, it is evident that you are the son of a widow, and you have no father. Why, then, are you asking this question as though it were relevant fo