Now the question is what is meant by the statement that dealing respectfully with your fellow man is the entire Torah? “What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman”, what does that mean that it’s everything?
So to be fair, I’ll tell you that Rashi has two peirushim. But also to be honest, both peirushim are true. Rashi, when he says two peirushim, he doesn’t mean one excludes the other — both are equally true.
Now the first peirush — it’s not our subject, so I won’t dwell on it too much — but the first peirush is: who is your friend? And Rashi says that you have one Friend; a friend with a capital F. That’s Hakadosh Boruch Hu. He’s your best Friend. Of all your friends you will ever encounter in your life, including your father and your mother and your rebbi and your wife, the very best Friend is Hakadosh Boruch Hu! נו≈ ֹ̇בוֲ‡ יƒ ֹ̃ל¡‡∆ו נו≈ ֹ̃ל¡‡ – He’s an old Friend, a Friend of the family. He has proved himself loyal to our forefathers and He has stood by us always. The truth is, you see we’re still here. For many generations, they tried that we shouldn’t be here. In every generation they rise up against us to destroy us, םָ„ָּיƒמּנו≈ילƒּˆַמ ‡ּהו ךּרוָּב ׁ ֹ̆ו„ָּ ַ̃ה¿ו – and our best Friend saves us. We say with a cup in our hands, a cup of wine we make the declaration! L’chayim! He’s a Friend forever!
