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# 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. <ref> Shulchan Aruch HaMiddot vol. 2 pg. 39 </ref> | # 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. <ref> Shulchan Aruch HaMiddot vol. 2 pg. 39 </ref> | ||
# 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. <ref> Shulchan Aruch Hamiddot vol. 2 pg. 62 </ref> | # 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. <ref> Shulchan Aruch Hamiddot vol. 2 pg. 62 </ref> | ||
==The Sin of Hating a Fellow Jew== | |||
#Anyone who hates in his heart any Jew violates the Negative Commandment of "Do Not Hate your Brother in Your Heart" (לא תשנא את אחיך בלבבך) <ref> Vayikra 19:17 </ref>. | |||
# If someone sinned against you, you shouldn't be quiet and hate them <ref> As Avshalom did against Amnon, Shmuel Bet 13:22 </ref>, but instead tell him what he did, and ask him: "Why did you do this to me, and why did you sin to me in this way?", as it is written: "You shall surely rebuke your friend" <ref> Ibid.--the immediate continuation of the previous verse. Kitzur S"A 29:13 </ref>. | |||
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