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VERSE: Lv19-18b

======== TORAH TEACHES THE 3 COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL LOVE ==========

 BACKGROUND
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 Chapter Lv19 presents a long list of social commandments.
 For example there is a commandment NOT TO HATE. Similarly
 there is a commandment NOT TO TAKE REVENGE. Rashi here
 perceives these commandments in climactic order


 THE TEXT  Lv19-17:18
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 Dont hate your friend; Rather rebuke him;..dont take revenge
 Love thy neighbor as thyself; I am God


 THE RASHI
 ---------
 Rashi perceives these verses as defining the 3 components
 of social love

 Here is the LIST
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VERSE     TEXT OF VERSE                  SOCIAL COMPONENT OF LOVE
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Lv19-17   Don't hate                     EMOTIONAL
Lv19-17   Rebuke your friend             VERBAL
Lv19-18   Dont take revenge*1            ACTION
Lv19-18   Love thy neighbor like thyself GENERAL*2

NOTES
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*1 Our sages interpret with examples like the following:
   If he didn't loan you, nevertheless you should loan him

*2 It emerges from this Rashi that the commandment LOVE THY
   NEIGHBOR LIKE THYSELF is perceived as the CLIMAX of the
   chapter.That is LOVE THY NEIGHBOR LIKE THYSELF applies to
   all social areas, including EMOTIONAL, VERBAL and ACTION.
   Now we have a richer understanding of Rashis comment
   ----------------------------------------------------
   LOVE THY NEIGHBOR is an important Biblical prinicple
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   Precisely because LOVE THY NEIGHBOR unifies 3 broad
   social areas, therefore, it is an important Biblical principle
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