<h2 id="praying-on-behalf-of-one-s-parent-1">Praying on behalf of one’s parent : [1]</h2>
It is a Mitzvah for one to pray to God on behalf of his parents, and that God blesses parents with health and a livelihood. So is the custom followed by all Jewry in the Harachamans of Birchas Hamazon. Furthermore, some write that doing so fulfills the biblical command of honoring one’s parents.<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2">[2]</a>
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<a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> See Kav Hayashar 65; Olas Tamid 30 [Rav Shmuel Hominor]; Darkei Chaim Veshalom 308; Beis Yehuda 8:9; Shaareiy Tziyon 3:8
<a href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2">[2]</a> Olas Tamid ibid; Darkei Chaim Veshalom ibid

Shulchan Aruch HaRav | Kibbud Av Vaeim-Praying on behalf of one’s parent

Praying on behalf of one’s parent:[1] It is a Mitzvah for one to pray to God on behalf of his parents, and that God blesses parents with health and a livelihood. So is the custom followed by all Jewry in the Harachamans of Birchas Hamazon. Furthermore, some write that doing