DIFFICULTY WITH AHAVAS YISRAEL [#16719]

November 14, 2021

QUESTION:

It is difficult for me to love another person who has different mentalities (de’os) and views (hashkafos) than mine. What is the solution to this?

ANSWER:

You need to understand that there are other truthful viewpoints which are no less valid than yours. Your mentalities and viewpoints are understandable according to your particular seichel (intellect) which Hashem has given you, and had Hashem given you a different kind of seichel, you would think in line with that other seichel. That is why you need to gain different ways of thinking that are each truthful.