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[[File:שלט אהבת ישראל.jpg|thumb|A sign about Ahavas Yisroel in Talmud Torah Tzivos Menachem in Kiryat Shmuel]]

[[File:איור ואהבת .jpg|thumb|"V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha" (Love your fellow as yourself).]]

'''Ahavas Yisroel''' is a positive commandment to love every Jew. Its source in the Torah is the verse "V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha" (And you shall love your fellow as yourself). In the Torah, Ahavas Yisroel appears as a general and fundamental concept, as brought in the Gemara in the name of Hillel Hazaken: "D'alach sani al taavid l'chavrecha, zo kol haTorah kulah v'idach peirusha" meaning: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow, this is the entire Torah." And Rabbi Akiva said, "V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha, zeh klal gadol baTorah" (Love your fellow as yourself, this is a great principle in the Torah).

'''Ahavas Yisroel''' is a positive commandment to love every [[Jew]]. Its source in the [[Torah]] is the verse "V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha" (And you shall love your fellow as yourself). In the Torah, Ahavas Yisroel appears as a general and fundamental concept, as brought in the [[Gemara]] in the name of [[Hillel Hazaken]]: "D'alach sani al taavid l'chavrecha, zo kol haTorah kulah v'idach peirusha" meaning: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow, this is the entire Torah." And [[Rabbi Akiva]] said, "V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha, zeh klal gadol baTorah" (Love your fellow as yourself, this is a great principle in the Torah).

In Chassidic teachings, the concept of Ahavas Yisroel is one of the central foundations in divine service.

==== Ahavas Chinam (Unconditional Love) ====

~~The mitzvah of~~ Ahavas Chinam is ~~the commandment~~ to love every Jew, whoever they may be. Even a Jew found at the ends of the earth whom one has never seen. True Ahavas Yisroel is when one loves a complete rasha (wicked person) just as one loves a complete tzaddik (righteous person). Just as the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed because of sinas chinam (baseless hatred), so will the Third Beis Hamikdash be built through Ahavas Chinam for every Jew.

Ahavas Chinam is to love every Jew, whoever they may be. Even a Jew found at the ends of the earth whom one has never seen. True Ahavas Yisroel is when one loves a complete rasha (wicked person) just as one loves a complete [[tzaddik]] (righteous person). Just as the [[Beis Hamikdash]] was destroyed because of sinas chinam (baseless hatred), so will [[the Third Beis Hamikdash]] be built through Ahavas Chinam for every Jew.

== In Chassidic Teachings ==

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== Ahavas Yisroel Today ==

In 5751 (1991) on Shabbos Parshas Mattos-Massei, the Rebbe spoke about Ahavas Yisroel and introduced a tremendous innovation. Ahavas Yisroel today - said the Rebbe - is not for the sake of correcting the cause of the galus (exile) - sinas chinam (baseless hatred) - as it was until now, that we increase in ahavas chinam (unconditional love) to bring the Geulah (Redemption), because the cause of the galus has already been corrected (!). Ahavas Yisroel today is because of the spark of Moshiach that exists in every Jew, and it serves as a taste of the true and complete Redemption, when all Jews will be united through the spark of Moshiach that is in each and every one.

In 5751 (1991) on Shabbos Parshas Mattos-Massei, the Rebbe spoke about Ahavas Yisroel and introduced a tremendous innovation. Ahavas Yisroel today - said the Rebbe - is not for the sake of correcting the cause of the [[Galus (Exile)|galus (exile)]] - sinas chinam (baseless hatred) - as it was until now, that we increase in ahavas chinam (unconditional love) to bring the [[Geulah - Redemption|Geulah (Redemption)]], because the cause of the galus has already been corrected (!). Ahavas Yisroel today is because of the spark of Moshiach that exists in every Jew, and it serves as a taste of the true and complete Redemption, when all Jews will be united through the spark of Moshiach that is in each and every one.

It should be noted that this historic announcement is connected to other milestones in our progress toward Redemption, which the Rebbe pointed out in recent years. For example: the completion of the work of spreading the wellsprings, the end of the war of the soldiers of the House of David, the completion of polishing the buttons, the completion of the teshuvah work needed for the coming of the Redemption, and the completion of the work of refining the sparks.

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 [[File:שלט אהבת ישראל.jpg|thumb|A sign about Ahavas Yisroel in Talmud Torah Tzivos Menachem in Kiryat Shmuel]]
 [[File:איור ואהבת .jpg|thumb|"V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha" (Love your fellow as yourself).]]
-'''Ahavas Yisroel''' is a positive commandment to love every Jew. Its source in the Torah is the verse "V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha" (And you shall love your fellow as yourself). In the Torah, Ahavas Yisroel appears as a general and fundamental concept, as brought in the Gemara in the name of Hillel Hazaken: "D'alach sani al taavid l'chavrecha, zo kol haTorah kulah v'idach peirusha" meaning: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow, this is the entire Torah." And Rabbi Akiva said, "V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha, zeh klal gadol baTorah" (Love your fellow as yourself, this is a great principle in the Torah).
+'''Ahavas Yisroel''' is a positive commandment to love every [[Jew]]. Its source in the [[Torah]] is the verse "V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha" (And you shall love your fellow as yourself). In the Torah, Ahavas Yisroel appears as a general and fundamental concept, as brought in the [[Gemara]] in the name of [[Hillel Hazaken]]: "D'alach sani al taavid l'chavrecha, zo kol haTorah kulah v'idach peirusha" meaning: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow, this is the entire Torah." And [[Rabbi Akiva]] said, "V'ahavta l'reyacha kamocha, zeh klal gadol baTorah" (Love your fellow as yourself, this is a great principle in the Torah).
 In Chassidic teachings, the concept of Ahavas Yisroel is one of the central foundations in divine service.
 ==== Ahavas Chinam (Unconditional Love) ====
-The mitzvah of Ahavas Chinam is the commandment to love every Jew, whoever they may be. Even a Jew found at the ends of the earth whom one has never seen. True Ahavas Yisroel is when one loves a complete rasha (wicked person) just as one loves a complete tzaddik (righteous person). Just as the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed because of sinas chinam (baseless hatred), so will the Third Beis Hamikdash be built through Ahavas Chinam for every Jew.
+Ahavas Chinam is to love every Jew, whoever they may be. Even a Jew found at the ends of the earth whom one has never seen. True Ahavas Yisroel is when one loves a complete rasha (wicked person) just as one loves a complete [[tzaddik]] (righteous person). Just as the [[Beis Hamikdash]] was destroyed because of sinas chinam (baseless hatred), so will [[the Third Beis Hamikdash]] be built through Ahavas Chinam for every Jew.
 == In Chassidic Teachings ==
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 == Ahavas Yisroel Today ==
-In 5751 (1991) on Shabbos Parshas Mattos-Massei, the Rebbe spoke about Ahavas Yisroel and introduced a tremendous innovation. Ahavas Yisroel today - said the Rebbe - is not for the sake of correcting the cause of the galus (exile) - sinas chinam (baseless hatred) - as it was until now, that we increase in ahavas chinam (unconditional love) to bring the Geulah (Redemption), because the cause of the galus has already been corrected (!). Ahavas Yisroel today is because of the spark of Moshiach that exists in every Jew, and it serves as a taste of the true and complete Redemption, when all Jews will be united through the spark of Moshiach that is in each and every one.
+In 5751 (1991) on Shabbos Parshas Mattos-Massei, the Rebbe spoke about Ahavas Yisroel and introduced a tremendous innovation. Ahavas Yisroel today - said the Rebbe - is not for the sake of correcting the cause of the [[Galus (Exile)|galus (exile)]] - sinas chinam (baseless hatred) - as it was until now, that we increase in ahavas chinam (unconditional love) to bring the [[Geulah - Redemption|Geulah (Redemption)]], because the cause of the galus has already been corrected (!). Ahavas Yisroel today is because of the spark of Moshiach that exists in every Jew, and it serves as a taste of the true and complete Redemption, when all Jews will be united through the spark of Moshiach that is in each and every one.
 It should be noted that this historic announcement is connected to other milestones in our progress toward Redemption, which the Rebbe pointed out in recent years. For example: the completion of the work of spreading the wellsprings, the end of the war of the soldiers of the House of David, the completion of polishing the buttons, the completion of the teshuvah work needed for the coming of the Redemption, and the completion of the work of refining the sparks.