Q&A: Commandment
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Commandment
Question
Hello, honored Rabbi. Recently a pigeon built a nest in the window of our home. Our religious neighbors said there is a commandment to do something with the pigeon. If the Rabbi could explain how this is done and what the point is.
Answer
According to Kabbalah, there is some value in performing the commandment of sending away the mother bird even if you do not need the eggs. According to the Talmud and most halakhic decisors who rely on the revealed, non-mystical tradition, there is no value in this, and in fact it is not even proper, and one does not fulfill a commandment through it (and perhaps it even involves the prohibition of causing suffering to animals). I recommend doing nothing.