But there are advantages to self-generated love as well. Though - TopicsExpress



          

But there are advantages to self-generated love as well. Though lesser in essence and scope, it is more keenly felt, more exuberantly experienced. For such is our nature: what we create is more precious to us than the most valuable endowment, what we conceive of ourselves is somehow more relevant and real than what is learned from the greatest master. So although the stimulation of our inherited love for G-d would suffice to drive our observance of the mitzvot, we should nevertheless strive to enhance our relationship with Him with the ecstasy and passion that only a love created by our own faculties and initiative can bring. In the words of our sages, Although a fire came down [on the Altar] from the heavens, it is imperative to also kindle a man-made fire.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:27:53 +0000

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