In addition to classical mephorshim and philosophical reflection on the importance of reciting Grace after meals, sources are included in this mikorot packet on Sifrei Hasidut noting the pious act of birkat HaMazon as a form of giving thanks, and showing gratitude for G-d's bounty, gifts, and nourishment.
The influence of the Hasidic yichus on Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel by DBL
The last work penned by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel is _A Passion for Truth_. In this essay DBL shows that Heschel opts opts for the spiritual elevation and intensity of the Hasiduth of the Besht over the cerebral cold lomdish Talmudic expertise tending towards great asceticism and solitude in the model of the Kotzker Rebbe.
