"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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In the days of the Alter Rebbe [Chabad founder Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadoi, 1745-1812] Chassidim had a familiar saying: "The piece of bread that I have is yours just as it is mine." And they would say the word "yours" first--"yours just as it is mine."
–Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (quoted in Hayom Yom, Iyar 15)
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