"I believe that the deeper meaning of this law in Parshat Ki Teitzei is that we should never force people to see others suffer. I think another important lesson that can be learned from this is never to cause unnecessary pain. This law states that it is permissible to take young birds. This is already causing pain for the mother and her offspring. However, it is forbidden to cause the unneeded pain of forcing the mother to see her offspring stolen." Check out our first Student D'var Torah of the school year, written by a new Denver JDS 8th grader, Livnat B. Link to the D’var is in our bio! #denverjds #dvartorah