Positive Commandment 148 (Digest)
Sending Away the Mother Bird
"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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> The 148th mitzvah is that we are commanded regarding shiluach hakan ("sending away the nest").;)
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> The source of this commandment is G‑d's statement,;) "You must first chase away the mother, and only then may you take the young."
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> The details of this commandment are fully explained in the last chapter of Chullin.
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> Footnotes
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> Rather than taking both the mother bird and the chicks (or eggs), we are commanded to chase away the mother and only thereafter take the young.
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> Deut. 22:7.