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Va’etchanan: Loving Lima Beans!

with Benny Rapoport

Topics: Parshah, Va'etchanan, Love of G-d, Shema

The Torah commands us: You shall love the L-rd your G-d with all your heart. How can we be expected to feel a love for Him if the feeling is not embedded in our heart?

In this week's parshah, we find the commandment to love G-d with all our heart, soul and might.

The Torah contains many do’s and don’ts that dictate our daily behavior. Regardless, whether or not we understand and appreciate the meaning and relevance of the mitzvot, we can nonetheless incorporate them into our day-to-day lives; to simply go ahead and fulfill them.

But not so simple when it comes to an emotion. Is it possible to demand of someone to feel a certain way? To love something or someone that he or she may simply not love? Is it reasonable for the Torah to command us to not only obey G-d, but to actually love Him as well?

Join us for this week's Parshah Cast and discover what the commandment to love G-d is really all about.

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	Rabbi Benny Rapoport is director of Chabad's Jewish Discovery Center in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. He has lived in the Scranton/Abington area with his wife and family since the fall of 2000.

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Posted: Aug 10, 2011

Va'etchanan

A note to thank you for the humanness of your comments. Not esoteric; but simple, direct, to the point brings a great deal of clarity. I miss the weeks your comments are absent.

Posted By Florence, Medford