You shall love your neighbor as yourself
Man should strive to love the poor as he loves himself. There is a great commandment in the Torah and in morality that obliges us to act according to the principle of loving our fellow beings, and helping the poor. A proverb like this: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor."
("You shall not oppress or defraud the children of your people, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself, I am the Lord" - and he reads 19:18, and so on: "And you shall love your neighbor as yourself" - Rabbi Akiva Omer says: "This is a great commandment in the Torah" - Midrash Safra, Holy Scriptures, and so on: "And he answered all his questions with a generous spirit, and taught him the Torah of the Lord in words that were close to his mouth and in his heart, "And you shall love your neighbor as yourself!" - Abraham Mapu/Ayit Tsavoa, 72, and so on: "Not only is there a firmness in 'and you shall love your neighbor as yourself', we are obligated to tell those who come: Son of man, you are my brother" - Herzl/Altneuland, 205)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ
Definition (Hebrew)
עַל הָאָדָם לִשְׁאֹף לֶאֱהֹב אֶת הַזּוּלָת כְּפִי שֶׁהוּא אוֹהֵב אֶת עַצְמוֹ. כְּלָל גָּדוֹל בַּתּוֹרָה וּבְמוּסַר הַמְּחַיֵּב לִנְהֹג עפ"י עִקָּרוֹן שֶׁל אַהֲבַת הַבְּרִיּוֹת, וְעֶזְרָה לְזוּלַת. פִּתְגָּם דּוֹמֶה: "מָה שֶׁשָּׂנוּא עָלֶיךָ אַל תַּעֲשֶׂה לַחֲבֵרֶךָ".
("לֹא תִקֹּם וְלֹא תִטֹּר אֶת בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ, וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ אֲנִי ה'"- וַיִּקְרָא יט יח, וְכֵן:"וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ"- ר' עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר:"זֶה כְּלָל גָּדוֹל בַּתּוֹרָה"- מִדְרַשׁ סָפְרָא, קְדוֹשִׁים, וְכֵן:"וְהַלֵּל הֵעָנוּ מִלֵּא מִשְׁאֲלוֹתָיו בְּרוּחַ נְדִיבָה, וַיּוֹרֵהוּ תּוֹרַת ה' בִּדְבָרִים קְרוֹבִים בְּפִיו וּבִלְבָבוֹ, וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ!"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 72, וְכֵן:"לֹא רַק מִתּוֹךְ דְּבֵקוּת בְּ'וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ' אֲנַחְנוּ חַיָּבִים לְהַגִּיד לַבָּאִים: בֶּן אָדָם אָחִי אַתָּה"-הֵרְצְל/ אַלְטְנוֹיְלַנְד, 205)