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he Ethics of the Fathers teaches us
countless invaluable lessons.
We should "hasten to do even
the slightest mitzvah." We must
be "exceedingly humble in spirit." And
"The reward for a mitzvah is the mitzvah
itself."
Maybe you know someone who embod-
ies one of these ideals, or even two. But
how many of your friends and neighbors
are all three — extraordinarily unassum-
ing and kind and eager to do a mitzvah?
This is the definition of a Mitzvah Hero.
A Mitzvah Hero's act often appears to
be small: Maybe she does laundry for a
disabled acquaintance, helps a new immi-
grant find a job, takes elderly next-door
neighbors to a doctor's appointment.
But such acts help the world continue.
By reaching out to others in a quiet and
loving way, we soar above the ordinary.
By helping a sick neighbor, an abused
child, a lonely senior citizen, we take our
souls from the realm of the day-to-day and
into the world of the holy.