It’s such an opportunity when you live in a frum neighborhood. Don’t just say, “It’s nice, it’s so nice a frum neighborhood.” Nooo! Get excited with ahavah. “I love Hashem’s people!” You have to say it constantly and put in as much emotion as you can. Say it until your eyes flow with tears. “I love my people. I love my noble people. I love my holy people. I love my people.” Again and again. Say it constantly. And little by little, הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה נִמְשֶׁכֶת אַחַר הַדִּבּוּר – your thoughts begin to follow your words. You actually become filled with love. You appreciate them. You admire them. You care about them. You want only good for them. You’ll see, your eyes begin to flow with tears of emotion.
Now I don't say that you should run over and embrace every Jew you see – we're not such hypocrites; we can’t do that. They’ll take you to the meshugeneh house. But you should learn to have a certain feeling that the frum Jews are beloved by Hashem and therefore, just because of that, I’m going to love them too.
Love Comes Easy
It’s not so hard. A Jew is a pleasure to look at. A Jew is a kosher face, with a kosher stomach. A Jew has a mind, a kosher mind. A Jew is a different kind of a briah. It's a pleasure to look at them. Look at their faces and fall in love with those faces.
I look at you right now, all of my friends sitting here, and it’s so easy to fall in love with you. The temimus, honesty, kedushah I see on your Jewish faces. Some traveled a big distance to come here. It's a pleasure to see such idealists, honest people, temimim, tzenuim. I love you.
That’s how it should be because Hakadosh Baruch Hu is like that. He loves you! אוֹהֵב עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל! He loves you very much and I’m going to love you too.
