Three Reasons to Honor your Parents « The Wonders of Your Torah: "In the Zohar we find that “Israel, the Torah, and the Holy One blessed be He are one.” The three reasons to honor one’s parents, in the above order, correspond to Israel, the Torah, and God, respectively.
The first reason is that my parents deserve my honor as does any person who has bestowed goodness and loving-kindness to me. By honoring my parents I express my heartfelt thanks to them. They represent for me the ideal of devotion of one soul to another. And so they reflect in my consciousness the essence of my people, Israel, of whom it is said, “All Israel are friends.” In this sense, to honor my parents is to honor Israel, the people to whom they belong."
