{"id":3185,"date":"2008-06-11T07:46:07","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T15:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2008-06-11T07:55:26","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T15:55:26","slug":"replying-promptly-to-phone-calls-emails-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3185","title":{"rendered":"Replying Promptly To Phone Calls, Emails, Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Rabbi Ari Enkin<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but I am disturbed by those who do not respond to letters, email, or return phone calls within a reasonable time frame. In fact, in the event of a first time correspondence, it is the only gesture that allows me a feeling of that person’s level of derech eretz.
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\nIt seems that I am not the only one who views failing to respond to others in a timely manner as distasteful behavior. Rabbi Chaim Palagi writes:[1]<\/p>\n

"Derech eretz kodma l’torah<\/em>….Therefore, one who has received a letter from a friend should respond immediately as there are a number of prohibitions which one may violate by not responding in a timely manner. Responding to a correspondence is basic derech eretz<\/em>, and causing one to long for a response has the potential to cause that person long term health concerns… It may just be that the one’s reply has the ability to lead to having a mitzva performed… Not responding causes the one who sent the letter great pain waiting for his needs to be addressed. It is also cruel and a sign of arrogance. He who judges the world will pay back such people midda k’neged midda. I myself have sent letters to many prominent people, and those who did not answer my letters fell to unfortunate circumstance."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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