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Meshech Chochma — Kedoshim 5784

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — Kedoshim 5784. Темы: не определены автоматически. (19:18) The straightforward understanding of the concluding phrase, “I am Hashem,” is that it is saying, “I am Hashem Who commands you to fulfil this mitzvah of loving your fellow as yourself.” However, the Meshech Chochmah explains that there are additional ways to understand the connection between this concluding phrase and the mitzvah itself. We find that in many respects, we can gain an awareness of Hashem from observing both the world around us and our own national experiences: Z The orderliness of the natural world, with all its processes and cycles, points to Hashem as its Creator and Designer. Indeed, it may be said of them that they embody the miracle that existed in the Beis Hamikdash regarding the column of smoke that rose up from the mizbeyach; in whichever direction the wind would blow it, it would nevertheless stay intact.1 Likewise, wherever the winds of exile blow the Jewish people, they manage to stay together. The second explanation offered by the Meshech Chochmah is that unlike physical love and desire, which are generated by that which a person sees,2 spiritual love – such as that for Hashem – is a product JOURNEYS IN of the soul’s yearning for closeness to Hashem, even though He TORAH cannot be apprehended by the senses. This is the meaning behind the Sages’ statement that the mitzvah to love Hashem is immediately followed by the mitzvah of learning Torah,4 to teach us that through studying Torah, on can achieve love of Hashem.5 For Torah study can bring a person to know Hashem’s ways and emulate them, thereby creating a commonality of sorts, which will allow him to love Hashem with Hashem as the focus. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein • Meshech Chochmah Kedoshim - Ve’ahavta le’Reyacha Kamocha | 2 The relevance of the above to the mitzvah of loving one’s fellowman is that one should likewise strive to achieve the higher level, focusing on the other person themselves, and not merely on what one can hope to gain from them. This is the meaning of the Torah saying that you shall love you fellow “kamocha – as yourself,” namely, your love should focus on what your fellow has in common with you, so that the focus can be on them and not on some need that they can supply you with. Thus, our verse states, “You shall love your fellow, I am Hashem.” This means that the underlying an

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