When you are feeling far from Hashem during the three weeks remember, it is compared to the machol dance. Two lines of people get closer, than farther from each other again and again. While they are far apart, they do not turn their backs. Rather they are still looking towards their partners. The whole purpose of going far is obviously for the purpose of drawing close again. Even when far away you don't fret because, hey, its still a dance. -Mittler Rebbe (in the context of Teshuva)
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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