There is no such thing as ahavat chinam, groundless love.
Why groundless? He is a Jew, and I am obligated to respect him.
There is only sinat chinam – hate without reason.
But ahavat chinam? Never!
There is only sinat chinam – hate without reason.
But ahavat chinam? Never!
- Vayikra — וַיִּקְרָא
- Black Fire on White Fire
- Animal Sacrifices in the Third Temple?
- Sacrifices vs. Fasting
- The Inner Light of Destruction
- The Goal of Sacrifices
- Maimonides and Korbanot
- Rebuilding the Temple
- Tzav — צַו
- Appreciating Boundaries
- The Olah Offering and Prophesy
- The Purifying Fire of the Burnt Offering
- The Prohibition of Cheilev
- The Community's Prayer of Thanks
- Shemini — שְׁמִינִי
- Purification by Immersion in Water
- The Error of Nadav and Avihu
- Mourning for Nadav and Avihu
- The Priestly Benediction
- Rabbi Yehudah and the Calf
- Tazria/Metzora — תַזְרִיעַ-מְצֹרָע
- Purifying Time and Soul
- A Return to Ritual Purity
- Man versus Mosquito
- Shiloh and the Birth-Offerings
- The Power of Speech
- Rabbi Abba Arrives in Babylonia
- Acharei Mot — אַחֲרֵי מוֹת
- The Ox and the Goat
- The Goat for Azazel
- The Triple Measure of Incense
- Kedoshim — קְדֹשִׁים
- Holiness in Physical Pleasure
- Sha'atnez: A Glimpse into the Future
- Peah and Lessons in Tzedakah
- Love Your Neighbor
- First Impressions
- Admonish Your Neighbor
- A Letter for the Neturei Karta
- The Printer's Dilemma
- Emor — אֱמֹר
- Kohanim and the Illusion of Death
- Agents of Holiness
- Eating Before Yom Kippur
- The Omer Controversy
- Behar — בְּהַר
- Jubilee – National Reconciliation
- Freeing Slaves
- Shemitah – Window into the Future
- The Hetter Mechira for the Sabbatical Year
- The Intrinsic Sanctity of Eretz Yisrael
- Bechukotai — בחֻקֹתַי
- Prophetic Letters
- Judicial Corruption
- Why Exile?
- Eternal Inheritance
