MITZVAH NUMBER ONE - MODEH ANI

BS"D Modeh Ani L’Fonecho - Thank you HaShem for granting me another day in this world (Olam HaZeh). The essence of a Jew is gratitude to HaShem. “Yehudi” comes from the root verb meaning to thank. If we really stopped to think about how much HaShem does for us every second of the day, we wouldn’t be able to stop saying thank you. Sometimes we can get frustrated at the people around us – why don’t most people say “thank you”? We take each other so much for granted. We don’t always remember to say thank you for the countless jobs each of us do every day to keep our households afloat – the shopping, cooking, dishes, taking out the garbage, clothing, washing, drying, cleaning, working - the list is endless – and I mean everyone – men, women, children. We all take each other for granted – so what about HaShem?

So here is a very easy Mitzvah: The first thing we do when we wake up, every morning, is to immediately thank HaShem for returning our souls to us.

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