Hacham Ben Zion Meir Chai Uziel


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A few quotes from the Rabbi on 'Love of Israel'
in which he interprets brotherly love as respecting every individual's opinions and feelings
Let us place this upon our hearts, and remove the impediment of accusation and divisiveness, and of hatred towards Torah and its laws from within us, and let us don the attribute of supreme and faithful love as we were commanded by Torah towards all our brethren among us, as was said: 'Love thy neighbor as thyself, I am the LORD', and through this attribute let us love also the sojourner among us, as it says: ' The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.'
Although this is not the place to clarify this statute in depth, let us realize and know that we were sojourners of the sky's four winds, and therefore additional laws of love have been imposed upon us, beyond 'Love thy neighbor as thyself', that oblige us to accept all immigrants, from all communities and places of exile, in the true love of 'Love thy neighbor as thyself, I am the LORD', and out of this love to act in peace and truthfulness between ourselves by respecting the opinions and feelings of every individual and community among us.
Machmanei Uziel, Part B, Chapter 3, Article 10, paragraph c. A triple love – Love ye truth and peace
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