Likutei Sichos Vol 17 Kedoshim 2, Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky

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this is a rashi sikha however we're also going to learn a lot and get deeper insight into the mitzvah the most fundamental mitzvah of all mitzvos namely the mitzvah of ahav of loving a fellow jew so in our parsha in chapter 19 verse 18 it says the ahafta le reacha kamero you should love your fellow jew as yourself so rashi says on the words we have to reject rashi says omar rabbi akiva rabbi akiva said claude godel batoya this is a fundamental principle or literally a great general rule in the torah now many of the commentaries explain that what is the objective of rabbi akiva saying the purpose of the saying is that he's trying to emphasize to bring out how important and how great this mitzvah is and this is similar to the idea that hillel the great sage hilal said the famous story one came to convert and he said to him he wants to know the whole torah standing on one foot meaning give it to me in one sentence and hill said that what you don't like to be done to you don't do it to the other and he said to him this is the entire torah and the rest is commentary so it's similar it's along those lines now of course the question is indeed this is the purpose of rabbi akiva saying that he's trying to emphasize

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1. 0:07this is a rashi sikha however we're also going to learn a lot and get deeper…
2. 2:15primary objective is to explain the verses so we can flow along the question is what…
3. 4:26this is how he helps us by telling us listen this is only a fundamental concept…
4. 6:30do how do you command someone to feel something i don't feel it you tell me…
5. 9:08thus rashi answers that question and by mentioning the name of the author rashi answers a…
6. 11:13when we say it's a general rule but it's robbie akiva who said it the question…
7. 13:22rabbi akiva himself is the one who holds as a debate rabbi kiva and rabbi shmoel…
8. 16:04thus according to the basic understanding of the verses it's obvious why rashi only quotes ravi…
9. 18:18of their commitment in terms of observance of torah mitzvos and the reason for it is…
10. 20:26two extremes in this mitzvah of obesity soil as explained as as expressed in the words…

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