"In his listing of mitzvot, the Sefer Ha-chinukh describes the aim of this mitzva that "a man recognize and bestow kindness upon one who has done him good and that he not be base, a dissimulator, and one who denies the good done him by another.... Once a man has assimilated this trait he will ascend by it to recognize the largesse provided by God, so that he realize how much effort he owes in the service of Hashem." The Chinukh thereby installs the trait of hakarat ha-tov (recognition of good) as the driving force behind the mitzva of Kibud Av Va-eim. "-(THE AIMS AND ATTITUDES SURROUNDING THE MITZVA OF KIBBUD AV VA-EIM
by Rabbi Moshe Taragin)
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