Commentary for Kiddushin 60:16
אמר רב יהודה הכי קאמר כל מצות האב המוטלת על הבן לעשות לאביו אחד אנשים ואחד נשים חייבין תנינא להא דת"ר איש אין לי אלא איש אשה מנין כשהוא אומר תיראו הרי כאן שנים
We have [thus] learnt here what our Rabbis taught: [Ye shall fear every man his father, and his mother]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIX, 3.');"><sup>32</sup></span> 'man,'I know it only of man; how do I know it of woman?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a daughter too must fear her parents.');"><sup>33</sup></span> When it is said: 'Ye shall fear,' two are mentioned.
Rashi on Kiddushin
That is incumbent upon the son: For example, honor and reverence.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Any mitzvah that a child must do for a parent is incumbent upon both the daughter and the son.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
There is a grammatical tension in Leviticus 19:3. The verse opens with “a man” which implies that only men are obligated to fear their parents. But the plural verb implies that both men and women are. The rabbis resolve this by saying that all children are obligated to fear their parents (below the Talmud will explain what this entails). But women, who in talmudic times moved to their husband’s house) are not mentioned in the outset of the verse because they do not always have the ability to fulfill this mitzvah. However, when/if they are divorced or widowed, they revert to a full obligation to honor their parents.
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