Mitzvah #208 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Release a mother bird before taking her children from the nest“
Scripture Reference: DEU 22:7 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Ki Tetze)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
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.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
ז שַׁלֵּחַ תְּשַׁלַּח אֶת-הָאֵם, וְאֶת-הַבָּנִים תִּקַּח-לָךְ, לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ, וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ יָמִים. {ס}
Greek Text (Septuagint)
7 ἀποστολῇ ἀποστελεῖς τὴν μητέρα, τὰ δὲ παιδία λήμψῃ σεαυτῷ, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται καὶ πολυήμερος ἔσῃ.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Ki Tetze
Sefer HaChinuch Number #545
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Holiness (Buch 5)
Section: Slaughter
Systematic Category (P119f) Food