"You shall not slaughter it and its child on the same day"—Leviticus 22:28.
It is forbidden to slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day—even if offered as a sacrifice to G‑d.
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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)
Day 101: Negative Commandment 101
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Negative Commandment 101 (Digest)
Slaughtering an Animal and its Offspring on the Same Day
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"And the flax and the barley were destroyed [by the hail] for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bud; but the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they were still pliant" (Exodus 9:31-32). Thus we learn: A person should always be pliant as a reed, and let him never be unyielding as the cedar
–Talmud, Taanit 20b
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