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Love every Jew

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A teaching ofRebbe Schneur Zalman of Liadiרבי שניאור זלמן מלאדי

Why should we love every Jew as ourselves? Because at the level of the soul, all Jews share one source and are truly one family; only bodies divide us. A person who values the soul over the body will find it natural to love every Jew, great or small. Love built only on physical or passing things is conditional; love built on the soul is constant. The Alter Rebbe adds that one should try to draw even distant people close with ropes of love.

Source: Tanya, Likkutei Amarim ch. 32

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