(9) When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap all the way to the edges of your field, or gather the gleanings of your harvest. (10) You shall not pick your vineyard bare, or gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I the LORD am your God.
(א) אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם שִׁעוּר. הַפֵּאָה, וְהַבִּכּוּרִים, וְהָרֵאָיוֹן, וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה. אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאָדָם אוֹכֵל פֵּרוֹתֵיהֶן בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְהַקֶּרֶן קַיֶּמֶת לוֹ לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. כִּבּוּד אָב וָאֵם, וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, וַהֲבָאַת שָׁלוֹם בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה כְּנֶגֶד כֻּלָּם:
(1) These are the things that have no measure: Peah [corner of the field which, while harvesting, must be left for the poor], Bikurim [First-fruits that must be brought to the Temple and given to the priest], the appearance-sacrifice [brought to the Temple on Pilgrimage Festivals], acts of kindness, and the study of the Torah. These are things the fruits of which a person enjoys in this world, while the principal remains for them in the World to Come: Honoring one's father and mother, acts of kindness, and bringing peace between a man and his fellow. But the study of Torah is equal to them all.
Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai said: Great is the duty of honoring one’s father and mother, since the Holy One set the honor due them above the honor due to Himself. For concerning the honor due to the Holy One, it is written, “Honor the Lord with thy substance” (Prov. 3:9). How is one to honor God with one’s substance? One sets aside gleanings, forgotten sheaves, and the corners of the field; [one gives] heave offerings, the first tithe, the second tithe, the poor man’s tithe, and the priest’s share of the dough; one makes a lulav, a sukkah, a shofar, tefillin, and ritual fringes; one feed’s the hungry, gives drink to the thirsty, and clothes the naked. In short, if you have substance, you are obligated to do all these things; but if you have no substance, you are not obligated to do even one of them. When it comes to honoring father and mother, however, whether you have substance or not, what does Scripture say? “Honor they father and thy mother,” even if you have to go about begging in doorways/
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J. Talmud, Peah 1:1 15d
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(ח) אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבְּכָךְ נִצְטַוֵּינוּ אָסוּר לְאָדָם לְהַכְבִּיד עֵלּוֹ עַל בָּנָיו וּלְדַקְדֵּק בִּכְבוֹדוֹ עִמָּהֶם שֶׁלֹּא יְבִיאֵם לִידֵי מִכְשׁוֹל. אֶלָּא יִמְחל וְיִתְעַלֵּם שֶׁהָאָב שֶׁמָּחַל עַל כְּבוֹדוֹ כְּבוֹדוֹ מָחוּל:
(8) Although we have been commanded to behave thus [generously and reverently toward our parents], a person must not impose too heavy a yoke upon his or her children by being too strict with them in regard to their honor, that they might not cause the children to stumble; the parents should rather forgive and ignore, since a parents may well forego the honor due them if they wish.