This is a question I have always had a hard time getting an answer for and I was hoping somebody would be able to explain it.
Honoring your parents is one of the most basic mitzvah in all of Judaism. It's famously one of the original ten which was given to the Jewish people.
How exactly does this work for somebody who comes from an abusive household? Is a person excused from their responsibilities of honoring this Mizvah if they come from a background where the obligations of parenthood were never actually met and honored on their parent's end of things?
In the worst examples, Hashem obviously isn't going to hold a child to the law if they come from a background of physical/sexual/emotional abuse, right?
I was curious as to what the Torah and Rabbis had to say on this subject.
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