Hashem renews His relationship with us, and after we have sinned and repented, we are closer to Him than we were before.

Hashem renews His relationship with us, and after we have sinned and repented, we are closer to Him than we were before.

We are enjoined to emulate this attribute of Hashem, loving others unconditionally, and focusing on their positive aspects, instead of their negative aspects. This, in turn, gives them a chance to live up to a greater light, the light of goodness that resides within them.

Hashem has angels collect the kindness we do, so that if there is a judgment against the people of Israel, heaven forbid, He will look at their kindness and forgive them.

The fifth attribute of Hashem's unconditional love is the fact that He does not hold onto His anger, even if the person does not repent, but rather, patiently waits for him to repent anyway.

The fourth attribute of Hashem's unconditional love is the fact that He sees each and every Jew as an extension of Himself, a relative, and has love for each of us, as such. We also have a chance to feel this way about our fellow Jews.

The third attribute of Hashem's unconditional love is the fact that He Personally cleans off the filth of our sin.

We continue with the second of thirteen attributes of Hashem's transcendental kindness, which is the fact that Hashem gives sustenance to the evil spiritual being that is created through sin, in order to give a person a chance to repent.

We explore the first of thirteen attributes of Hashem's transcendental kindness, starting with the idea that He is an 'embarrassed king.' This denotes the fact that He is giving a person the very power and sustenance that the person uses to rebel against God, and nevertheless, Hashem does not withhold His kindness.

We begin the book Tomer Devorah, by R' Moshe Cordovero. In it, we will learn the concept of our obligation to emulate Hashem's attributes of kindness.