LESSON FOUR: HONORING PARENTS

Our parents provide us with life as well as a model for human relations. Thus, the Torah demands that we shower our parents with honor and respect. Living in the “sandwich generation,” however, forces us to probe the parameters of our moral obligation to our parents? How are we to react to the prospect of aging parents who devour our time, savings, and energy? Do we have an obligation to take our parents into our homes or pay for their care and medications? Are we expected to sacrifice ourselves for an abusive parent? Does welcoming a parent into our home triumph our marital stability? Understanding the unique Torah perspective on the why of honoring parents will provide much-needed clarity on howto go about doing so.
 

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