Loving Hashem

Purim: Happiness in Action # KY 553 B
by Kirzner ztl, Rabbi Yitzchak


This Shiur from Aish HaTorah is a must listen to. I can't recommend it enough. I got so much out of it.

Rav Dessler, in Mictav Mi Eliyahu, teaches that the more that we do for a person, the more that we love the person. Even though we think it is the other way around, that we love someone who does things for us, this is not true. The more that we do for another person, the more that we break down the bounderies that cause a division between us. When we do for another person it creates a bound that solidifies our relationship.

This also hold true in our relationship with Hashem. The more that we do for Hashem (mitzvot and learning and chesed) the more that we come to love Hashem. Since we can not regulate our feelings, we can fulfil the mitzvah of Loving Hashem by doing actions that bring us to love Hashem.