And she shall remove the garment of her captivity from upon her, and she shall remain in your house and weep for her father and her mother a full month; and afterward you may come to her and possess her, and she shall be your wife.
English: “Her father and her mother” — this refers to idolatry, as it is said (Yirmeyahu 2:27), “They say to a tree, ‘You are my father.’” (Rabbi Akiva; we follow Rabbi Akiva.)
On the daf / in context: Rabbi Eliezer takes “father and mother” literally; Rabbi Akiva reads them as idols. The practical difference is whether a woman who has no living parents must still observe the full mourning period. Halacha follows Rabbi Akiva: the period is for abandoning idolatry.
Type of Learning
Derash equating “father and mother” with idolatry (R. Akiva).
What Is Learned
According to Rabbi Akiva the thirty-day weeping is for the idols she is abandoning, not necessarily for biological parents.