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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] Kiddushin Page No. 1 Begin with the help of God, line 16 from the top. The Gemara tells us that the son of an orphan widow from Aviv asked Rabbi Eliezer, "If my father says to me, 'Give me a drink of water,' I will drink water, and at the same time, my mother says to me, 'I will also at the same time, my mother says to me, 'I will also drink water.' Which address is first?' He told me. Then he replied, 'Honor your father and honor your mother are equal.' The Torah says, 'Honor your father and your mother,' but when they are married, the wife is obligated to honor her husband. Therefore, you are obligated to honor your mother and honor your father, and first give your father a drink. You and I are obligated to honor your a drink. You and I are obligated to honor your father.' That widow's son came and asked the same question before Rabbi Yehoshua, and Rabbi Yehoshua also told him the same thing. Then the widow's son said to him, 'Rabbi, the same law will apply even if we get divorced, and then she is not obligated to honor her father. What is that?' Then Rabbi Yehoshua told me, 'When they are not married, then honoring the father and honoring the mother are honoring the father and honoring the mother are equal.' But from the eyelashes of your eyes, I can see that you are the son of a widow whose father has passed away.' And he cried so much that the hairs in his eye sockets fell out from the tears. It is therefore found that the question does not concern him. To that orphan who only came to learn the law because it does not concern him in fact, he asked as if the question actually concerns him. Then

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