Mamzer and out of wedlock child-Is a Mamzer obligated to honor her father and mother?[1]
A Mamzer is obligated to honor and fear his father [and mother, even though the child is exempt from capital punishment for hitting and cursing them prior to them doing Teshuvah[2]]. This applies even if his father was a Rasha, as explained in Halacha ??. [Certainly, a child born out of wedlock is obligated to honor his father and mother.[3]]
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[1] Michaber 240:18; Tur 240; Rambam Mamarim 6:11; Mishneh Yevamos 22a; Sanhedrin 85b; Rif Yevamos 5a; Rosh Yevamos 2:3; Chinuch Mitzvah 212; Encyclopedia Talmudit Erech Kibud Av Vaeim Vol. 26 p. 408
[2] Rambam Mamarim 6:10
[3] Encyclopedia Talmudit Erech Kibud Av Vaeim Vol. 26 p. 408
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