During the Month of Av we renew our feeling of being the children of Hashem. This should bring about another very precious feeling within a person, that of the feeling of brotherhood with each member of Klal Yisroel. If a person truly feels like a child of his Father in Heaven, it follows that he feels that every Jew is his brother. Anyone who is lacking a feeling of brotherhood with all Jews is testifying to his not truly feeling like a child of Hashem.
This is a very fundamental principle. One who serves Hashem as a servant alone does not feel a relationship to the entire body of Klal Yisroel. One slave does not feel a kinship with another, his only goal is to find favor in the eyes of the master so that he will give him his basic needs and not punish him for his wrongdoings. But someone who feels that he is a child is serving out of love feels a deep connection with every member of Klal Yisroel as they are all his brothers.
One whose heart is distant from love of Jews is making it clear that he is not serving Hashem as a son. That much is obvious.
ה"ו ת"ח
This is a very fundamental principle. One who serves Hashem as a servant alone does not feel a relationship to the entire body of Klal Yisroel. One slave does not feel a kinship with another, his only goal is to find favor in the eyes of the master so that he will give him his basic needs and not punish him for his wrongdoings. But someone who feels that he is a child is serving out of love feels a deep connection with every member of Klal Yisroel as they are all his brothers.
One whose heart is distant from love of Jews is making it clear that he is not serving Hashem as a son. That much is obvious.
ה"ו ת"ח
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