Jewish Gratitude: Hakarat HaTov and the Practice of Modeh Ani

Jewish gratitude — hakarat hatov — begins the moment you open your eyes.

Everything below is drawn from the classical Jewish sources and cited to its origin.

Reflections on Jewish Gratitude

• Asher Yatzar: The Blessing for the Body That Simply Works
• Birchot HaShachar: The Morning Blessings That Begin the Day in Gratitude
• Birkat HaBanim: The Friday Night Blessing Parents Lay on Their Children
• Birkat HaMazon: The Gratitude We Say After We Eat
• Crossing the Threshold: Jewish Blessings for a New Home
• HaMotzi: The Blessing Over Bread and the Gratitude of an Ordinary Meal
• Hakarat HaTov: The Jewish Idea of Recognizing the Good
• Hakarat HaTov: Why Gratitude Is the Spine of Jewish Life
• How Judaism Gives Thanks: The Vocabulary of Gratitude Blessings
• Modeh Ani: The First Words of Gratitude on Waking
• More Than Todah: How Gratitude Becomes a Way of Life in Judaism
• Nishmat Kol Chai: The Soul''s Song of Gratitude
• Shehecheyanu: The Blessing for Reaching This Moment
• When the Morning Prayer May Be Said: The Earliest and Latest Times for Shacharit