Slowly but Surely
That’s the way to do it; think about him always, when you see him in the street and in the davening and whenever else you remind yourself. And little by little the ahavah increases in you until you finally have a real affection for him. You love him.
Nobody knows about it but you have a diamond, a gem, that's growing bigger and bigger every day. Continue to work on your love for that man. It’s a big accomplishment. At least with one Jew you're mekayem וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ in your lifetime; at least one Jew.
Spreading Love
And you’ll see that after you get a certain appreciation of that person, it’s not going to be limited to him; it’ll begin to spread to other people. It’s contagious. Little by little, it’ll begin to spread.
How is that? Because you learn to love one Jew intensely, so you’ll get the knack of it and you’ll be able to add on others as well. Why not? After a while, let’s say after ten years that you’ve been loving that man so much, you’ll start thinking, why only him? And what about this man over here? And what about this other one over there? And it begins to spread and spread.
Adding Forever
It’ll become a habit. Little by little, you’re machnis ahavah in your heart to any frum Jew that you come into contact with. And so for example even when a meshulach, a stranger, comes to your door, he’s not a stranger at all. Because you’re already well-trained. You look at him through the eyes of Hakadosh Baruch Hu Who loves him very much. And so you won’t just help him. Of course you will but you’ll do much more.
You’ll see what happens. Once you start loving Jews you have to know that it won’t stop there. It can’t, because you’re emulating Hakadosh Baruch Hu and He loves all of us, every single one with a tremendous ahavah. And once you have a program
