Hakaras hatov means thanks, but it starts with hakarah, recognizing that someone, or Someone, did something good for you
“Yesh lachem hashgachah mil’malah — Someone Above is taking care of you”
Seven years ago, Rav Aharon Taussig shlita came to Har Nof to speak at a shloshim in Elul.
“Why do we say Shehecheyanu on Yom Kippur night?” he asked. “The brachah is usually recited only when performing a seasonal mitzvah.”
I’ll never forget his answer, and the new meaning it would take on just a few months later: that as we approach Yom haDin, it is appropriate to give Hashem heartfelt thanks for keeping us alive from year to year. The essence of Yom Kippur, in fact, is seasonal.
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