Hashem's Portion is His People

Hashem's portion is His people (32:9) R' Shalom Shachna Friedman zt"l (1771-1813; early chassidic rebbe) taught: In essence, all Jews are of one root; only in their physical existence do they differ. Thus, he who hates one of them hates them all, and he who loves one of them becomes one with them, both with their bodies in this world and their roots in the heavens above. (Quoted in The House of Rizhin)

Reprinted from the Rosh Hashanah/Parshat Ha’Azino 5785 email of R. Yedidye Hirtenfeld’s whY I Matter parsha sheet for the Young Israel of Midwood in Brooklyn, NY.