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Here is but a small sampling of sources that pertain to the obligation to express gratitude.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as we wake from sleep, we must recall the grace that God has granted us by restoring our soul, which was entrusted to Him while exhausted and returned fresh and rested so people can serve God with all their ability, all day long, because that is our whole purpose. As the verse says: \u201cNewly, daily, your faithfulness increases\u201d (Lamentations 3:23). This means that every day people are created afresh, for which we should wholeheartedly thank God. While still in bed, we should say: \u201cI give thanks to you, the living and ever-existing God, who has compassionately restored my soul. Your faithfulness is ever-increasing\u201d (Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 1:2).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabbi Yehudah said: Anyone who denies [another\u2019s] benevolence is as though they deny the principles [of belief] (Kohelet Rabbah 7:1).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the principle of gratitude is rejected, the principle of faith in God is undermined, because both derive from a common source: One who is unable or unwilling to recognize another human being\u2019s graciousness, will be unable or unwilling to recognize that of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabbi Tanhuma said, God said to Moses: The water protected you when you were cast into the Nile, and the earth protected you when you slew [and buried] the Egyptian. It is improper for you to strike them! Therefore, they were struck by Aaron (Midrash Tanchuma Va\u2019eira 14).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God did not want Moses to practice ingratitude\u2014even to inanimate objects\u2014in order to teach us all a lesson in gratitude<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditionally (see Targum and Rashi), this psalm is presumed to have accompanied the thanksgiving sacrifice (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">korban todah<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in the Temple.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":50046,"id":50046,"title":"dt8-gratitude","filename":"dt8-gratitude.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/one-of-the-biggest-weaknesses-of-human-behavior\/dt8-gratitude\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"dt8-gratitude","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":50022,"date":"2019-02-24 07:18:13","modified":"2022-06-19 19:27:49","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1000,"height":726,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-300x218.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":218,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-768x558.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":558,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":726,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":726,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":726,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":726,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/dt8-gratitude-579x420.jpg","home_baner-width":579,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Todah! 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