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Love Beyond Grudges: Living the Mitzvah of Love Your Neighbor
May 9, 2025 By Jonah Guthartz | Aharei Mot | Kedoshim
Parashat Kedoshim begins by laying out dozens of mitzvot, including the prohibition against idolatry and the mitzvot of charity, Shabbat, honesty in business, honoring one鈥檚 parents, and the sanctity of life. Perhaps the best- known mitzvah is 诇止纸讗志转执拽止旨证诐 讜职诇止纸讗志转执讟止旨专謾 讗侄转志讘职旨谞值郑讬 注址诪侄旨謹讱指 讜职讗指纸讛址讘职转指旨芝 诇职专值注植讱指謻 讻指旨诪謶讜止讱指 讗植谞执謻讬 讬职-讛止讜指纸讛變 (Lev. 19:19) 鈥淵ou shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against members of your people. Love your fellow [Israelite] as yourself: I am the Lord鈥� Rabbi Akiva famously names this as a fundamental value of the Torah (Sifra, Kedoshim 4:12).
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