Parshas Veschanan
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Honor your farther and mother.
BACKROUND:
Avimi brought a drink to his farther, but his farther fell asleep before he handed it to him, he waited till his farther awoke, and at that time….
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(Kiddushin 31B)
The Midrash says this song was prophetically sung by Korach and his sons when he heard that the ‘sinking’ of the Temple gates after its destruction would bring him up from Geheninom in the future- however the actual song was only sung by a descendant of Korach ‘Asaf’ a far distant einiklech–although it would not affect him-he did it for Kibud Av’ Veim.
This is why Avimi expounded this Psalm when he helped his farther-he did it for Kibud Av’ Veim.
(Ben Yehoyoda)