For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother, and, Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death. Some Jews practiced a legal fiction which allowed them to set money aside as a designated gift, putting it out of reach even of needy parents. Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. I am not saying that we should say goodbye to the money the Feds stole from us and our parents for lo these many years. I am saying that the primary agency for the care of aged parents is their children.
Aged parents belong , if at all possible, with their children and grandchildren.
Few things are more perverted than entire communities made up solely of aged people. The assumption of filial responsibilities by our governments has greatly accelerated the breakdown of the multi-generational family unit, making it an entity very nearly, if not already, extinct. This is a travesty, an ungodly horror which we ve come simply to accept. Well, it s time to repent. In a society virtually obsessed with health and longevity, it s certainly interesting how the first commandment with a promise is overlooked.