Tuesday, September 7, 2010

New Midah of the Week

When someone wins or does something well, sincerely congratulate that person.
Jewish text connection:
"One should relate the praises of his friend and not discuss his faults at all" (Rambam, Hilchot Deot, Chapter 5, Law 7)
Due to the brevity of the 9/6 school week, this Midah will continue into the 9/13 school week.
Please take some time to discuss this Midah at your dinner table. Talk about how the actual text became the succinctly stated Midah (value above). Talk about with your family how this can sometimes be difficult to do when we find ourselves on the "losing" end of things, but how important it is be a bigger person and still offer congratulations and praise.