Commentary for Kiddushin 60:21
וכן בדין ששלשתן שותפין בו ת"ר שלשה שותפין הן באדם הקב"ה ואביו ואמו בזמן שאדם מכבד את אביו ואת אמו אמר הקב"ה מעלה אני עליהם כאילו דרתי ביניהם וכבדוני
But in respect of striking, it is certainly impossible.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To assimilate them, for the Almighty cannot be struck.');"><sup>42</sup></span> And that is but logical,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That parents should be likened to the Almighty.');"><sup>43</sup></span> since the three<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' God, father and mother.');"><sup>44</sup></span>
Rashi on Kiddushin
And so is it logical: That [the parents] be compared [to God] for honor and reverence upon the child; as behold they also partners with the Omnipresent in [creating] him.
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Rashi on Kiddushin
There are three partners: It is explained in a baraita in Tractate Niddah (31a): The man emits the white in him. The woman emits the red in him. And the Holy One, Blessed be He, blows into him, a soul, eyesight, hearing of the ear and speech.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The Torah three times uses the same language to refer to parents as it does to God, because as we shall see parents and God are partners in creating the child.
There is one law that refers to parents that cannot refer to God—striking. It is impossible to strike God physically.
There is one law that refers to parents that cannot refer to God—striking. It is impossible to strike God physically.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Rabbi [Yehudah Hanasi] picks up on the different order between mother and father in the verse about fear and the verse about honor. He explains that in each case the Torah speaks against a person’s inclination. Children are inclined to honor their mothers and fear their fathers (I know, it’s definitely sexist, but I wonder if this is still often true. It is in our family). Therefore the Torah teaches them to honor their fathers and fear their mothers. Both parents are due an equal portion of fear and honor.
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