"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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Why did the Torah ordain that the uncleanness of menstruation should continue for seven days? Because being in constant contact with his wife, a man might develop an apathy towards her. The Torah, therefore, said: Let her be unclean for seven days, in order that she shall be beloved by her husband as at the time that she first entered into the bridal chamber
–Talmud, Niddah 31a
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