Notes cont.

Tales of Hasidim p.72 

"Love" 

"The Baal Shem said to one of his disciples:  'The lowest of the low you can think of, is dearer to me than your only son is to you.'" 

Complete Jewish Bible p. 1246 

Mattityahu (Matthew) Chapter 18 verses 12-14 

(Words of Yeshua)

"What's your opinion? What will somebody do who has a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away? Won't he leave the ninety-nine on the hillsides and go off to find the stray?  And if he happens to find it? Yes! I tell you he is happier over it than over the ninety-nine that never strayed!  Thus your Father in heaven does not want even one of these little ones to be lost." 

and this from the Introdction by Martin Buber (Hasidic Tales):

p. 19

"One such utterance is the basis of one of the Rabbi Pinchas' major teachings:  that we should 'love' the evil-doer and hater 'more' in order to compensate for the lack of the power of love he himself has caused in his place in the world." 

Complete Jewish Bible 

p. 1298

Luke Chapter 6 verses 27 to30 (Words of Yeshua)

"Love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.  If someone hits you on one cheek, offer the other too; if someone takes your coat, let him have your shirt as well.  If someone asks you for something, give it to him; if someone takes what belongs to you, don't demand it back." 

from Introduction to the Hasidic Tales, p. 22

"In contrast to his father-- though we must not forget that Rabbi Mikhal bade his sons pray for their enemies--he [Rabbi Zev Wolf of Zbarazh] obstinately refused to treat the wicked differently from the good.  Wolf lavished his love on all human beings who came his way and even on animals. He held that man should love all that lives, and that this love must not be determined by the way the object of his love behaves toward him."