Friday, May 28, 2021

“Do you love me?”

In a famous Hasidic story, a rabbi asks his disciple: “Do you love me?”

To which the disciple replies: “Of course I love you!”

The rabbi continues. “Do you know what causes me pain?” he asks.

“Rabbi, how can I know what causes you pain?”

To which the rabbi responds: “If you do not know what causes me pain, how can you say that you love me?”


(from Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin)

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