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The Truth About G-d's Love


Have you ever loved someone that you didn't need, that didn't matter deeply to you? Probably not, but why? What is the true nature of love?

By Manis Friedman   More articles...  |   RSS Listing of Newest Articles by this Author
Rabbi Manis Friedman, a noted Chassidic philosopher, author and lecturer, is dean of Bais Chanah Women's Institute of Jewish Studies.

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Posted: Feb 7, 2012
I dont understand
Because it says in Pasrshas Yisro that if we follow his bris we will be his favorite nation. He didnt say its unconditional then. It said it was only if we follow his commandmetns
Posted By Anonymous, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Posted: Sep 19, 2010
Thank you Rabbi for this lesson and all your other lessons. Much of what you taught makes sense. Yet, when I reflect upon an event so extreme as the Holocaust the whole Love relationship really makes me doubt.

Sure, one can say (rationalize) that the Jews as a group turned their backs away from G-d's love so that is why G-d may have let it happen. Still, if the explanation or metaphor is going to use human love how can that event be explained while stating their is a loving relationship?
Posted By Aharon Dovid, Portland

Posted: Feb 2, 2010
Beautiful
Beautiful teachings, and very moving, Thank you, Rabbi.
Posted By Conor Thackray, Chesterfield, England

Posted: Dec 2, 2009
Most Intelligent Question
Re: the comment "However the universe is infinite" does not correspond with scientific thinking which states the universe is finite. A finite universe must have an infinite Creator since otherwise it would have had to have existed before it existed in order to bring itself into being which is impossible. Therefore there had to be an uncaused cause at the beginning and that's G-d.
Posted By Joanna Zorya

Posted: Oct 16, 2009
Most Intelligent Question
Your premise that there had to be a begining before which there was nothing omits the possibility that there was always something, that the universe always exists and that there is no begining or an end. Looking at existance from that perspective makes the question of why was ther a creation moot since there would never have been a creation in the first instance. In man's eye or mind everything has a begining and an end because life is finate, However the universe is infinate and does not necessarily have to have been created since by its nature it could have always exist. Have you ever considered your "question" with that possibility in mind?
Posted By Robert A. Stok, Aventura, Florida
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Posted: Sep 2, 2009
After watching this film, I have started feeling that if I do not do Mitzvot, it will hurt Him, and I do not like that. I should not do that.
Posted By Kayo, Tokyo, Japan



 

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