You probably know that a Rivka happily agreed to do an act of kindness for Eliezer and she gave him water to drink from her jug. But did you know that when she told him that she will give him to drink, she addressed him in a very honorable way, saying, “Drink my master”? The Torah is teaching us here that we should treat the recipients of our kindness with honor.
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- Rhymes for KidsA short, rhyming fill-in-the-blank verse for children about performing acts of kindness with joy to please Hashem.
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