Online Etiquette, "Zeh Keili v’anveihu"
I often wonder about the details of etiquette as they relate to email, Twitter, Facebook, etc. and I just read a very interesting article on Cross-Currents that I think really elucidates some of these issues:
A famous letter of R Yerucham Levovitz zt”l castigates a talmid for sending him a letter that seemed to have been written hastily and carelessly. R. Yerucham argues that the halachic requirement of “Zeh Keili v’anveihu”/ embellishing and adorning mitzvos applies to interpersonal mitzvos as well. In writing a letter, he says, this requirement calls on the writer to find good paper, to write neatly, and to choose words carefully, all of which will enhance the experience of the recipient.
I think we can all learn something from this article, take something to our personal lives and how we relate to those around us…
Here is the link.
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