11. Similarly, when one does mitzvos, he is doing the mitzvah together with the parents, that are a part of his essence. This is the greatest honor one can accord his parents. If for giving food and drink, one receives such wonderful rewards, all the more so, he will be rewarded for granting his parents the merit of Torah and mitzvos.
The Chida (Nachal Kedumim, Yisro) says that Shabbos is written next to the mitzvah of honoring parents in the Aseres HaDibros to teach us that one should create chidushei Torah on Shabbos because this makes a crown for the parents in Gan Eden.
May it be His will that we perform the mitzvah of kibud av v'em in the best way, and we should merit all the brachos that come from it, as the Torah writes (Devarim 5:16) לך יטב ולמען ימיך יאריכון למען, "So that your days be lengthened, and that it may go well with you."
