Ki Tetzei - Letting Loose, Mother Goose

Moshe turns his attention to the ethics of war as he continues to prepare the people for their conquest of the Holy Land. Inserted in his list of laws about warfare, he includes a Mitzvah about sending away the mother bird if you take her eggs. The rabbis have a lot of questions about this Mitzvah and the Zohar offers an uplifting story about how it represents God's unending compassion for us!