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# If one's parent foregoes this honor, one may them by their name, yet there is still a mitzvah not to call them by their name. If one uses a term of honor such as Mom or Dad one may call them by their name.<Ref>Igrot Moshe YD 1:133</ref> | # If one's parent foregoes this honor, one may them by their name, yet there is still a mitzvah not to call them by their name. If one uses a term of honor such as Mom or Dad one may call them by their name.<Ref>Igrot Moshe YD 1:133</ref> | ||
==Honoring Grandparents== | |||
# There's a mitzvah to honor one's grandchildren, but to a lesser extent than the mitzvah to honor one's parents. <ref>Rama (responsa 118) and Rama YD 240:24.</ref> Others, however, hold that there's no special mitzvah for grandparents more than the general mitzvah to respect elders.<ref>Maharik 30. See, however, Biur Hagra who draws a compromise that there's no mitzvah to honor maternal grandparents.</ref> | |||
==Honoring One's Step-Parents== | ==Honoring One's Step-Parents== | ||
# One is obligated to honor one's father's wife (step-mother) as long as one's father is alive. It is proper to honor her even after one's father's death. <ref>Kitzur S"A 143:20</ref> | # One is obligated to honor one's father's wife (step-mother) as long as one's father is alive. It is proper to honor her even after one's father's death. <ref>Kitzur S"A 143:20</ref> | ||
