We need to understand the value of meeting others within Klal Yisroel. These meetings are extremely valuable especially when they are between people of different religious groups. There is an inherent value to developing a relationship with others, even before we start to speak of Torah and Jewish values. Creating a relationship between Jews, when the meeting is founded on a good attitude and a desire for closeness, has a great effect in heaven.
A pleasant meeting between two Jews is a manifestation of the idea of Upper Unity that brings forth blessing. A meeting of the minds brings forth an outpouring of blessing upon those who have met. There is a soul-level value for conversation between people when it comes with a good attitude directed towards creating closeness, and to dispelling distance and ignorance. When Hillel spoke of loving people and bringing them close to Torah, he was referring to two things that each have an intrinsic value. Loving people is one principle. It brings forth great Chesed from above rooted in the work of Avraham Avinu who lay the foundation of love in the world and unity in the Jewish Nation as we all come from one father. Subsequently comes bringing people close to Torah. The values of Torah are rooted in Tifereth that trait of Yaakov who fathered all the Shevotim.
Loving people has its own intrinsic value, and a meeting that is rooted in love for others is an amazing event that brings about great blessing. It lays the foundation for the next step of bringing them closer to Torah. The foundation of a connection to Torah is brotherhood in Israel. Similarly, prior to the giving of the Torah the people were "as one man with one heart" as they camped at the mountain. This shows us that the path to Torah is preceded by loving others, just as Avraham preceded Yaakov.
This is also the real meaning of the Torah, Toras Chesed, whose entire purpose is to increase peace in the world, that it should be filled with love, pleasantness, holiness and infinite blessing. One who comes to Torah after first loving others will be connected to its essential nature, the aspect of Chesed.
ה"ו רח"צ
A pleasant meeting between two Jews is a manifestation of the idea of Upper Unity that brings forth blessing. A meeting of the minds brings forth an outpouring of blessing upon those who have met. There is a soul-level value for conversation between people when it comes with a good attitude directed towards creating closeness, and to dispelling distance and ignorance. When Hillel spoke of loving people and bringing them close to Torah, he was referring to two things that each have an intrinsic value. Loving people is one principle. It brings forth great Chesed from above rooted in the work of Avraham Avinu who lay the foundation of love in the world and unity in the Jewish Nation as we all come from one father. Subsequently comes bringing people close to Torah. The values of Torah are rooted in Tifereth that trait of Yaakov who fathered all the Shevotim.
Loving people has its own intrinsic value, and a meeting that is rooted in love for others is an amazing event that brings about great blessing. It lays the foundation for the next step of bringing them closer to Torah. The foundation of a connection to Torah is brotherhood in Israel. Similarly, prior to the giving of the Torah the people were "as one man with one heart" as they camped at the mountain. This shows us that the path to Torah is preceded by loving others, just as Avraham preceded Yaakov.
This is also the real meaning of the Torah, Toras Chesed, whose entire purpose is to increase peace in the world, that it should be filled with love, pleasantness, holiness and infinite blessing. One who comes to Torah after first loving others will be connected to its essential nature, the aspect of Chesed.
ה"ו רח"צ
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