About HONOR

Hebrew Name

כָּבוֹד

English Name

HONOR

Phonetic Spelling

KAH-VODE

What does HONOR mean?

Kavod, Hebrew for “honor,” appears in the fifth of the Ten Commandments when God directs us to honor our parents.

כַּבֵּ֥ד אֶת־אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֑ךָ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יַאֲרִכ֣וּן יָמֶ֔יךָ עַ֚ל הָאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ׃
Honor your father and your mother, that you may long endure on the land that Hashem your God is assigning to you.
ka-BED et a-VE-kha v'-et i-ME-kha le-ma-AN ya-a-ri-KHUN ya-ME-kha al ha-a-da-MA a-SHER a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-kha no-TAYN la-KH.
Exodus 20:12

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַרְאֵ֥נִי נָ֖א אֶת־כְּבֹדֶֽךָ׃
He said, “Oh, let me behold Your Presence!”
va-YO-mar, har-EY-nee NA et k'-vo-DE-kha
Exodus 33:18

Description about HONOR

Kavod, Hebrew for “honor,” appears in the fifth of the Ten Commandments when God directs us to honor our parents. Together with God, our parents gave us the greatest possible gift – our very lives! In Jewish law, children are obligated to actively honor their parents in many different ways, including feeding them and helping them get dressed when they grow old, not calling them by name and not sitting in their designated seat. Honoring one’s parents is so important, it is one of only two commandments in the entire Bible rewarded with a promise of long life. We are also instructed to give honor to others, even as we ourselves must flee from honor. The Talmud teaches: “Who is honored? The one who gives honor to others.” By not focusing on our own honor and being concerned more with the honor of others, we become truly worthy of being honored! In particular, the Bible directs us to honor our elders: “You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old” (Leviticus 19:32). The Bible also instructs us to honor Shabbat. We do so by observing the many laws of Shabbat, wearing special clothes, and eating delicious foods. If one comes across a special food during the course of the week, it is proper to set it aside and eat it on Shabbat, to honor the holy day of rest. On Shabbat we recognize that God created the entire world and everything in it, and so by honoring Shabbat, we honor God.

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