"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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Said Rabbi Judah in the name of Rav: A person is forbidden to eat before he feeds his animals, for it is written (Deuteronomy 11:15), "[I will send grass in your fields] for your cattle" and only after that, "that you may eat and be sated."
–Talmud, Berachot 40a
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