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XIILikkutei Amarim 32

אב אחד לכולנהOne Father to All

av echad lekhulanahIn Gamatria ↗

Bodies stand apart; the lights inside them share one root.

Whoever values soul over body finds a straight, easy road to 'love your fellow as yourself'. Souls match one another and share 'one father', so all Jews are truly siblings; only bodies are separate. Those who put the body first can only love conditionally. Hillel called this commandment the whole Torah, since Torah's core is raising soul above body. Even those far from Torah should be drawn close with 'ropes of love'. Even a sinner one may oppose is still to be loved, for the hidden divine spark in him, and pitied.

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