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Hayom Yom 15 Kislev - One must have self-sacrifice to love a Jew whom one has never seen


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"בְּתּוֹרָה אוֹר, דִּבּוּר הַמַּתְחִיל וַיֵּשֶׁב: "וְאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לִרְאוֹת בְּאַהֲבָה" צָרִיךְ לִהְיוֹת "וְאֵינָה יְכוֹלָה לִהְיוֹת בְּאַהֲבָה

[In the above note, the Rebbe makes an emendation to the Hebrew text of Torah Or that has since been incorporated in all of its editions.]

רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן סִפֵּר לִבְנוֹ אַדְמוּ"ר הָאֶמְצָעִי

The Alter Rebbe told his son, the Mitteler Rebbe:

דעֶר זֵיידעֶ (הַבַּעַל שֵׁם טוֹב) זאָגט

My [spiritual] grandfather, (the Baal Shem Tov,) once said

אַז מ'דאַרף האָבּעֶן מְסִירַת נֶפֶשׁ אוֹיף אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל

that one must have mesirus nefesh for ahavas Yisrael —

אֲפִילוּ צוּ אַ אִידעֶן, וועֶלכעֶן מ'האָט קֵיינמאָל נִיט געֶזעֶהן

even for a Jew whom one has never seen.

Text and Translation courtesy of Sichos in English

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