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True devotion to a fellow Jew means his joy is your joy, his anguish your anguish, and the travails of his soul are your travails. It is this devotion that is demanded when the Torah commands, “You shall love your fellow as yourself.” How is it possible to reach such an utterly selfless level?
- Love Your Fellow - We Are One - Chabad.org
“Love your fellow as yourself” — Leviticus. “This is a major...
- Love Your Neighbor as Yourself - Chabad.org
The 206th mitzvah is that we are commanded to love each...
- Love Your Fellow - We Are One - Chabad.org
“Love your fellow as yourself” — Leviticus. “This is a major principle of the Torah ” — Rabbi Akiva . “A soul enters this world for seventy or eighty years just to do a favor for another” —the Baal Shem Tov .
The 206th mitzvah is that we are commanded to love each other as we love ourselves. I should have mercy for and love my brother as faithfully as I love and have mercy for myself. This applies to his financial and physical state, and whatever he has or desires.
“Love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18) is the basis for a central principle known as the Golden Rule, or the concept of treating others as one wants to be treated themselves. Much commentary has been penned attempting to understand the verse’s moral message, scope, practical implications, and role in Judaism.
3 maj 2022 · This explains a literal interpretation of the word to love one’s neighbor Komacha, “as yourself” in the sense that the love for another is, in truth, connecting with the very same component that lies within yourself – namely identifying the innate holiness of the soul.
Rabbi Akiva said: This is a great principle of the Torah: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Lev. 19:18). Thus, one should not say, “Since I am scorned, I should scorn my fellow as well; since I have been cursed, I will curse my fellow as well.”
A Kavvanah Before Prayer. I hereby accept upon myself. the commandment of The Creator. to love my neighbor as myself! ויקרא י״ט:י״ז-י״ח. (יז) לֹֽא־תִשְׂנָ֥א אֶת־אָחִ֖יךָ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ הוֹכֵ֤חַ תּוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ אֶת־עֲמִיתֶ֔ךָ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂ֥א עָלָ֖יו חֵֽטְא׃ (יח) לֹֽא־תִקֹּ֤ם וְלֹֽא־תִטֹּר֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֔ךָ וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ אֲנִ֖י ה':
