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Cuz if a person really loves Hashem, then it's impossible not to love Yidden. And the muscle they give from the safer Hakama, when the possuk says, "V'ahavta l'reacha kamocha, ani Hashem." Hashem tells us, "Love your friend the way you love yourself." And then Hashem ends off the possuk like a signature. "Ani Hashem, I am God." So asks the safer Hakama, why did Hashem have to end off the possuk with the words, "Ani Hashem, I am God?" Just say, "V'ahavta l'reacha kamocha." Just say, "V'ahavta l'reacha kamocha." Love your friend the way you love yourself. Respect him, go out of your way for your friend. Don't make fun of each other. What does Hashem have to end off the possuk? By the way, "Ani Hashem, I am God." Isn't that obvious? Hashem, we know we know you're talking. You wrote the Torah. You wrote the possuk. Says the safer Hakama, a powerful, powerful lesson. He says, "V'ahavta l'reacha means you must love other Yidden." You know why? Cuz Hashem says, "Ani Hashem, I am your God." Meaning, if I am
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