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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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