SimchaMinute: Eating for Hashem

"V’achalta v’savata — when you eat and you’re satiated — u’bairachta es Hashem Elokecha -- you have to thank Hashem," (Devarim 8:10) you have to bless Hashem. It doesn’t mean you have to eat and when you finish eating you bless Hashem. No, the eating itself is supposed to cause you, to bring you into the emotion of awareness of Hashem, of gratitude to Hashem. Eating is one of the great forms of serving Hashem if it’s done properly. — True Happiness (#685)