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==Obligation== | ==Obligation== | ||
# There is a | # There is a biblical obligation to love one's fellow Jew as he loves himself.<ref> Vayikra 18:19: "ואהבת לרעך כמוך", Rambam (Sefer HaMitzvot aseh no. 206)</ref> | ||
# This mitzvah is rewarded greatly<ref>Ketubot 77b</ref> and is considered one of the major pillars of the Torah.<ref>Mishna Avot 1:2 states that one of the three pillars of the world is kindness. Rabbi Akiva in Beresheet Rabba 24:7 says that this mitzvah of loving your fellow Jew is one of the great pillars of the Torah.</ref> | # This mitzvah is rewarded greatly<ref>Ketubot 77b</ref> and is considered one of the major pillars of the Torah.<ref>Mishna Avot 1:2 states that one of the three pillars of the world is kindness. Rabbi Akiva in Beresheet Rabba 24:7 says that this mitzvah of loving your fellow Jew is one of the great pillars of the Torah.</ref> | ||
==What does it Include?== | ==What does it Include?== | ||
