"Do not take the mother [bird] together with the children"—Deuteronomy 22:6.
When we encounter a bird's nest, it is forbidden to take the mother together with the chicks.
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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)
Day 103: Negative Commandment 306
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Negative Commandment 306 (Digest)
Taking a Mother Bird together with Her Young
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When the Children of Israel stood at the shore of the sea and saw the Egyptian armies closing in behind them, they split into four groups. One faction said, "Let us cast ourselves into the sea." A second faction said, "Let us return to Egypt." A third said, "Let us wage war against the Egyptians." A fourth said, "Let us cry out to G-d." But G-d rejected all four approaches and said to Moses, "Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward."
–Midrash Mechilta
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