Pacman- the answer to your question comes from Chazal. When talking about kibbud av v’em it mentions the father first and when talking about morah av v’em it mentions the mother first. Why? Because a person’s natural inclination is to fear your father more and respect/honor your mother more. So the Torah mentioned the opposite one first to teach us to work harder on it since its not natural. And thats the reason the goyim celebrate mothers day more….we naturally honor our mothers more (and who celebrates a day honoring someone they’re scared of?)
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