Someone wished the Tzemach Tzedek on motzei Yom Kippur: I hope all our prayers had affect ("poel ales goods"). The Rebbe replied, "Is there any doubt? If you were to supplicate to the degree we just did, even a ganef would have mercy on you!"
Reasoning behind אותו ואת בנו
ב''ה The reason that an אונן who lost their mother or father is not obligated in מצות until they are buried is that the child has a little of the the soul of their parents in them. When the parent dies a part of the child also dies. When a person is dead, they are free from מצות, 'במתים חפשי'. Similarly, when an animal loses its parent it is part dead, treifa, therefore it is forbidden to slaughter it the same day as its mother. It would not be a kosher Shechita. From תפארת יונתן פ' אמור
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