# 1258 Honour Thy Father and Thy Chavrusa

My elderly father recently moved in with me. Although he has care providers during regular business hours, I am his primary care-giver during the rest of the day. For several years now, I have had a regular skype chavrusa daily (except Shabbos) every evening at 9 PM. Now, while I am learning, my father will call me to get him a drink, take him to the bathroom, etc. and it disrupts my learning. I cannot afford to hire somebody for that 90 minutes while I am learning to look after my father, and I know kibbud av is obviously very important. At the same time, my chavrusa does not have much flexibility in his schedule and cannot learn at another time. I know that to be kove’ah ittim is very important and also having a consistent time each day. What is the best thing to do under the circumstances?

Thank you