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"Our Rabbis taught: It says, Honour your father and your mother (Exodus 20:12), and it says, Honor God with your wealth (Proverbs 3:9). By using the same terminology, the Torah compares the honour you owe your father and mother to the honour you have to give to the Almighty. It also says, Every person must respect his mother and his father (Leviticus 19:3), and it says, God your Lord you shall respect, Him you shall serve (Deuteronomy 10:20). Here the same word, respect, is used. The Torah equates the respect you owe your parents with the respect you must show God. Furthermore it says, Whoever curses his father or mother shall be put to death (Exodus 21:17). And furthermore it says, Anyone that curses God shall bear his sin (Leviticus 24.–15). By using the same terms the Torah compares cursing of parents with cursing the Almighty.[14]"
