Hayom Yom

י״ב אב

Friday Menachem Av 12 5703

Chumash: Va'etchanan, Shishi with Rashi.

Tehillim: 66-68.

Tanya: But what causes (p. 399)...who seeks it. (p. 401).

The Alter Rebbe repeated what the Mezritcher Maggid said quoting the Baal Shem Tov:

"Love your fellow like yourself" is an interpretation of and commentary on "Love Hashem your G-d."

He who loves his fellow-Jew loves G-d, because the Jew has with in himself a "part of G-d Above."

Therefore, when one loves the Jew - i.e. his inner essence one loves G-d.