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Avrohom Yitzchok
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Why the addition of "it's"its mother's" in "You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk"?

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Why the addition of "it's mother's" in "You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk"?

The Torah is considered to be precise and meaningful. The phrase "לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ׃ (You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk)" appears three times in the Torah and rabbis teach three Biblical prohibitions regarding mixing dairy and meat.

Rabbis explicitly taught that "not necessarily its mother's":
"ועוד קבלו: לא שנא בחלב אם, לא שנא בחלב אחרת."

What's the meaning/importance of the addition of "אמו" ("its mother's") to the prohibitions of dairy and meat?