"You shall surely send away the mother, and the children you may take for yourself"—Deuteronomy 22:7.
We are commanded to send away the mother bird before taking its young.
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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)
Day 104: Positive Commandment 148
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Positive Commandment 148 (Digest)
Sending Away the Mother Bird
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"Mitzrayim" (Egypt) means constriction, limitation. The spiritual Egyptian exile is the animal soul's restricting and concealing the G-dly soul so severely that the G-dly soul is compressed to the degree that it is diminished and obscured. "Exodus from Egypt" is the removal of the constriction and bounds; i.e. the intellect in the brain illuminates the heart, bringing about fine character traits translated into actual practice.
–Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (as quoted in Hayom Yom, Shevat 4)
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