אבגדהוזחטיKibbud Av Va'emHonoring Your Parents
Sources & Credits

Written sources for this challenge

Every halacha, story, and kavanah above is drawn directly from the following pages. Full links are included here for anyone who wants to go deeper — this challenge only summarizes and organizes what's found in them.

Shulchan Aruch HaRav (shulchanaruchharav.com)

Several articles from this halachic encyclopedia were drawn on throughout the challenge, including pieces on honoring a parent during a meal, father-versus-mother precedence, letting parents speak first, honoring parents through speech, defending a parent's honor, kibud av v'em versus Torah study and versus other mitzvot, the laws when a son is his father's rebbe, saying a name that matches a parent's, and honoring non-observant parents and extended family.

Print & Personal Sources

  • Sefer Dinei Kibud Av V'eim, in the name of Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv zt"l and others
  • Rabbi Yerachmiel Fried

Shiurim to go deeper

Short shiurim on kibud av va'em, gathered for anyone who wants to keep learning after finishing the day's page. Watch them in any order, any time during the month.

Honoring Parents
R' Yosef Palacci
How Far With This?
R' Yaakov Mizrahi
Loving a Tough Parent
R' Shlomo Farhi
Got Parents?
Rav Manis Friedman, Chabad.org
"He Thinks I Don't Know"
Living Torah, Jewish Educational Media
Love Your Parents
R' Yosef Palacci
Honoring Non-Religious Parents
R' Meir Gavriel Elbaz
Honoring Parents — Crash Course, Part 1
R' Avi Wiesenfeld

A shorter, five-part crash course — best watched in order

Read about it

A few longer pieces worth sitting with, for anyone who wants to read rather than watch.

ABCs of Honoring Parents
Aish.com, R' Shraga Simmons
Honoring Parents: Basic Requirements
Torah.org, R' Doniel Neustadt
Kibbud Av Va-Em Doesn't Mean Honoring Parents
Torah Musings, Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein
Honoring Parents
NLE Resources, Core Beliefs class
Honoring Others Part 1
Torah.org, Rav Yehonasan Gefen
The Mitzvah of Honoring One's Parents
Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein

Books to go deeper

A short shelf on kibud av va'em, for kids and adults alike — helpful at any point during or after the month.

Note: the kavanah lines on each day are original phrasing built to summarize that day's sourced halacha, not quotations from any source.