"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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From the time that man ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, there is a great jumble in the universe: there is no good without some evil mixed in, and no evil without good
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