Unconditional love / Love without cause

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Unconditional love / Love without cause

Unconditional love / Love without cause

Love without a specific reason. Love for people simply as human beings. The desire to help and assist others without needing a justification. The expression is the complete opposite of "baseless hatred," which is said to have caused the destruction of the Second Temple.

("If we were destroyed, and the world was destroyed with us, through baseless hatred – we shall rebuild, and the world with us will be built, through unconditional love." – Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook / Orot HaKodesh, 3:28; and: "The Sages decreed – destruction occurred because of baseless hatred… May we merit to fulfill 'Love your neighbor as yourself,' also in the sense of unconditional love, and through it, bring closer the rebuilding of the chosen house, speedily in our days, Amen." – Shu”t Yachal Yisrael, Siman 13; and: "I passed by the school where I studied in my youth… Here I learned some things / and did not learn other things. All my life I have loved unmotivated love / the things I did not learn." – Yehuda Amichai / Israeli Journey)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַהֲבַת חִנָּם

Definition (Hebrew)

אַהֲבָה לְלֹא סִבָּה מְסֻיֶּמֶת. אַהֲבַת אָדָם וְהַזּוּלָת בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא אָדָם. הָרָצוֹן לַעֲזֹר וּלְסַיֵּעַ לִבְנֵי אָדָם מִבְּלִי שֶׁנִּזְקָקִים לְחַפֵּשׂ סִבָּה לְכָךְ (הֶפֶךְ הַבִּטּוּי 'שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם').

("אִם נֶחְרַבְנוּ, וְנֶחֱרַב הָעוֹלָם עִמָּנוּ, עַל יְדֵי שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם- נָשׁוּב לְהִבָּנוֹת, וְהָעוֹלָם עִמָּנוּ יִבָּנֶה, עַל יְדֵי אַהֲבַת חִנָּם" – הָרַב אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק הַכֹּהֵן קוּק/ אוֹרוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ, ג, שכד, וְכֵן:"קָבְעוּ חָזָ"ל- חֶרֶב מִפְּנֵי שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם... יְהִי רָצוֹן שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְקַיֵּם "וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ" גַּם בְּגֶדֶר אַהֲבַת חִנָּם, וְעַל יְדֵי זוֹ נִקְרַב אֶת בִּנְיַן בֵּית הַבְּחִירָה, בִּמְהֵרָה בְּיָמֵינוּ אָמֵן" – שׁוּ"ת יָחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל סִימָן יג, וְכֵן:"עָבַרְתִּי לְיַד בֵּית הַסֵּפֶר שֶׁבּוֹ לָמַדְתִּי בִּנְעוּרַי/...כָּאן לָמַדְתִּי דְּבָרִים אֲחָדִים/ וְלֹא לָמַדְתִּי דְּבָרִים אֲחֵרִים. כָּל חַיַּי אֲנִי אוֹהֵב אַהֲבַת חִנָּם/ אֶת הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁלֹּא לָמַדְתִּי" – יְהוּדָה עַמִּיחַי/ טִיּוּל יִשְׂרְאֵלִי)

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