Loving Your Friend

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  1. The mitzva to love your fellow applies to all Jews regardless of age or gender. [1]
  2. One is obligated to love his fellow, even if he doesn't love himself. Therefore it is forbidden to insult others even if one doesn't mind when others put him down. [2]
  3. The Mitzvah to love a fellow Jew applies even to a person who does not like or get along with other people and even if he insults or embarrasses them. As well, there is a mitzvah to do chessed and acts of kindness to a person who is selfish and does not do so for others. [3]
  4. There is a special mitzvah to love Torah Scholars beyond that of another Jew. For this reason, one should go out of their way and look for opportunities to benefit and provide assistance to such people. [4]

Sources

  1. ↑ Shulchan Aruch HaMiddot vol. 2 pg. 47
  2. ↑ Shulchan Aruch Hamiddot vol. 2 pg. 39
  3. ↑ Shulchan Aruch HaMiddot vol. 2 pg. 39
  4. ↑ Shulchan Aruch Hamiddot vol. 2 pg. 62
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