Getting To Love Your People

Ahavas Yisrael (loving the Jewish people) is one of the greatfundamentals of the Torah. When we merge with anotherJew, and when we are connected with the Jewish people col-lectively, we gain one of the greatest keys to perfecting oursouls in this world and becoming closer to HaKadosh BaruchHu. It is one of the three loves to love Hashem, to lovethe Torah, and to love the souls of the Jewish people whichactually begins with a healthy self-love, as explained inthe author's Da Es Atzmecha, "Getting To Know Your Self".

In a powerful style that speaks to our hearts, the author showsus the way towards developing our powers of ahavas Yisraeland the emotion of loving another human being in general. Bylearning this sefer, we can heal ourselves and heal our relation-ships with others, as we grow in the process of what it means tolove another Jew. We discover that there are levels upon levelsof loving another, and that there is always room to grow furtherin this area. An additional chapter explains the necessity to hateevil and several chapters explain how to repair unwarrantedhatred, so that our ahavas Yisrael will be pure, genuine, andaligned with the will of the Creator.

The author has studied the full spectrum of Torah literature thatdeal with the topic of "how to best serve Hashem." Using an eclecticapproach, his seforim speak to the hearts of Jews from all walks of life.