The Rewards of Kibud Av
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דברים ב ,ג: רַ ב-לָכֶּם סֹב אֶּת -הָהָר הַזֶּּה פְּׁנוּ לָכֶּם צָפֹנָה :
"You have spent enough time going round ('Sov') this mountain (Har Eisav); turn to the north!"
Baal HaTurim comments that the letter 'Samech' in the word "Sov" has Tagin (crowns) on it. This is because Eisav honored his father, who was sixty when he was born, and that is why he was destined to destroy the Beis HaMikdash whose Heichal was sixty Amos tall.
And that's not all, for in Pasuk five, the words "yerushah le'Eisav" (an inheritance for Eisav [in connection with Har Eisav]) contain the same Gematriyah as 'bi'sh'vil Mitzvas kibud' (due to the Mitzvah of honoring his father).

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