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0:18 One must make one union among all the Jews, all of them, that they not belittle one another, that they not look at the appearance of the other, if one is far from holiness and it shows on him, or that one is close - that they judge him by his appearance. It is already said in Shmuel: "Man sees what is before the eyes, but Hashem sees into the heart." One must know this verse. A person who goes with this verse - he will merit the World to Come.
0:47 "Man sees what is before the eyes, but Hashem sees into the heart" - Remember that Hashem sees the heart; you are not Hashem, blessed be He. You cannot know the heart of the Jew. You can look at his body - how he looks, how he dresses - that, yes. But his heart? That you can never see in a Jew. There is also another sign: a true tzaddik sees hearts, he does not see bodies.
1:15 When a person sees a body, then he is not a tzaddik; A tzaddik who looks at a body and sees the person's clothing - but that is not a tzaddik. That is not a tzaddik at all, at all. A tzaddik must see a heart that moves, hearts that move. He sees the heart of the Jew before him, he sees his purpose, his longings for his purpose, his heart that thirsts, his heart that is broken. He can see his heart from so far away - what he went through, what he is going through - and out of this, to bring him close.
1:52 All the Jews are hearts; Jews are not bodies at all. The Jewish people are one heart. One must see to it not to hurt any Jew. Every Jew is a heart. Every Jew is a heart. To love every Jew - truly to give one's life for every Jew. To love him with a complete love, to look only at his heart and to help him in everything. And in this merit we will be redeemed. In fact, I did not want to enter into this talk, but it had already become hard for me. I tell you Torah and Torah and Torah, but in fact, by the absolute truth, these are things that must be spoken about - for how long can one keep closing one's eyes to this? It is already impossible, it is hard, very, very hard. Since we are already speaking: one must live so that there be love of one's fellow Jew. Even if there is love of one's fellow Jew and there is no Beis HaMikdash, the Holy Temple - that is better.
2:40 Better that there be love among all the Jews, all of them, and the Temple not be built - but better that there be love between the Jews. This is also the view of Hashem, blessed be He, on this: that at least 'they left Me, and kept My Torah.' What is written in the Torah? It is written: 'Love your fellow as yourself' - this is a principle... this is the whole Torah. 'What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow' - whatever is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow.
3:11 It is written in an explicit Gemara: this is the whole Torah - the whole Torah stands on 'Love your fellow as yourself.' 'Leave Me,' says Hashem, blessed be He - 'you will have no Temple, you will have nowhere to come, but keep My Torah.' What is 'keep My Torah'? What is 'keep My Torah'? 'Keep My Torah' is what includes the whole Torah - that is 'Love your fellow as yourself' - for through it they will keep the whole Torah. Through this at least: that is the view of Hashem, blessed be He. It is more pleasing to Him that there be love among all the Jews, all of them, and because of this not to come and bow down to Him in the Temple. He will prefer this, because out of this there is a very great chance that the Temple will also be built right after.
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3:51 But like this, how can the geulah come? Reflect, too: how can we want geulah at a time when there is no love of one's fellow Jew? We must cry out and scream terrible screams about love of one's fellow Jew. There is nothing above this. People cry out about everything, but when a person has no love of his fellow Jew, that is the greatest flaw in the soul. This is something that cannot be; it has no atonement. And in the merit of this - that there be complete love of one's fellow Jew, and among all the Jews there be love and unity, and there be love without cause in the world - through this and in the merit of this we will merit to be redeemed.
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