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# Loving Hashem means loving Him intensely with a passion so that a person is constantly thinking about Him. It is so overwhelming that it is like a love sickness. <ref>Rambam Teshuva 10:2, Shir Hashirim 2:5</ref> | # Loving Hashem means loving Him intensely with a passion so that a person is constantly thinking about Him. It is so overwhelming that it is like a love sickness.<ref>Rambam Teshuva 10:2, Shir Hashirim 2:5</ref> | ||
#There is no limit to how a person should fulfill this mitzvah. Even if it means giving up one's life or using all of his money he must do so.<ref>Brachot 60b</ref> Giving up one's life not to serve Avoda Zara is the ultimate expression of a person's love for Hashem.<Ref>Ramban Shemot 20:6</ref> | #There is no limit to how a person should fulfill this mitzvah. Even if it means giving up one's life or using all of his money he must do so.<ref>Brachot 60b</ref> Giving up one's life not to serve Avoda Zara is the ultimate expression of a person's love for Hashem.<Ref>Ramban Shemot 20:6</ref> | ||
#See [[Constant Mitzvot]] as to whether one could fulfill it in the bathroom. | #See [[Constant Mitzvot]] as to whether one could fulfill it in the bathroom. | ||
