#ahavatyisrael — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ahavatyisrael, aggregated by home.social.
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@jzitt @mlevie @johndoepe @mazeldon
Ugh, I hate this tiny character limit. I am thus attaching my concluding thoughts in this picture (click to enlarge text.)
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The Baal Shem Tov taught
The entire Jewish people are one. This has a physical aspect (chomer) and spiritual aspect (tzurah). And just as the body needs the soul, so the soul needs the body. Therefore, [one in the category of tzurah] should not separate himself from [one in the category of chomer]; rather, one should bind himself to them and watch over them with a compassionate eye in order to return them to the ways of virtue.
- Toldos Yaakov Yosef, Kedoshim
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A Jewish teaching on Ahavat Yisrael from the Baal Shem Tov
The Baal Shem Tov once said: "When a Jew sighs in compassion for the grief of another Jew, this breaks through even the most impenetrable barriers of those who denounce us Above. And when a Jew enthusiastically shares in another Jew's rejoicing and blesses him, then God receives it like the prayer of Rabbi Yishmael Kohen Gadol in the Holy of Holies"
- Sefer HaSichos 5703
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A #Chassidic teaching of the Baal Shem Tov
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself," (Vayikra 19:18), is a reflection of the mitzvah, "You shall love the Lord, your God." For when one loves another Jew, one loves the Holy One. For [the soul of] a Jew is a "portion of God Above," and when one loves a fellow Jew, one loves his innermost essence. Thus, one loves the Holy One as well - HaYom Yom 78
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A #Chassidic teaching of the Baal Shem Tov
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself," (Vayikra 19:18), is a reflection of the mitzvah, "You shall love the Lord, your God." For when one loves another Jew, one loves the Holy One. For [the soul of] a Jew is a "portion of God Above," and when one loves a fellow Jew, one loves his innermost essence. Thus, one loves the Holy One as well - HaYom Yom 78
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A #Chassidic teaching of the Baal Shem Tov
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself," (Vayikra 19:18), is a reflection of the mitzvah, "You shall love the Lord, your God." For when one loves another Jew, one loves the Holy One. For [the soul of] a Jew is a "portion of God Above," and when one loves a fellow Jew, one loves his innermost essence. Thus, one loves the Holy One as well - HaYom Yom 78
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In fact there are 2500 Jewish people with us in Coffeehouse Torah Talk, who believe that #Jews can be friends with, learn with, and support Jewish people of any denomination. Our mission statement is old fashioned #AhavatYisrael - which scares & threatens those on the far right or far left, who attempt to gain power by seeing other Jews as an enemy. We disagree. We are stronger together.
