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I
n a recent article in the New York
also an important piece of information:
Times titled "The Moral Bucket
People will love others for the same
List:' columnist David Brooks
reason as they love themselves.
Many philosophers, and now many
shared some very personal thoughts
about his life. Adapted from his new
therapists, have declared that you can't
book The Road to Character, Brooks
love someone else until you first love
talks about two types of virtues that we yourself. Sounds right and true, how-
value and strive to enhance.
ever, loving yourself is not enough. In
"It occurred to me that
order to truly love, accept
there were two sets of vir-
and connect with another
tues, the resume virtues
person, we have to love our-
and the eulogy virtues.
selves for the right reasons.
The resume virtues are
If I love myself because I
the skills you bring to the
am good at mathematics, it
marketplace. The eulogy
will be natural for me to like
virtues are the ones that are
and connect with others who
talked about at your funeral
share the same talent and
— whether you were kind,
passion. It will be harder to
brave, honest or faithful.
connect to those who don't
Rabbi Y Israel
Were you capable of deep
care about math and even
Pins on
love?"
harder to be in a relationship
We all agree that the
with those who hate math.
eulogy virtues are more important,
If I love myself only because of physi-
yet many of us put a lot more thought
cal and material characteristics, it will
and energy into our resume virtues,
strongly limit the amount of people
sometimes to the expense of the eulogy that I can truly connect with.
virtues.
If I love myself because of my spiri-
A very famous verse appears in
tual and divine traits, I have an oppor-
this week's Torah reading: "Ve'ahavta
tunity to connect and bond with any-
Lere'acha Kamocha." This verse is usu-
one who has any spiritual and divine
ally translated as: You shall love your
character, which is everyone who was
neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18),
put on this Earth by God.
and declared by Rabbi Akiva to be a
If I love myself because I value my
most important principle in the Torah.
eulogy virtues, and I cultivate them
According to most Halachic authori-
regularly, I have the capacity to find
ties, these three words are not only
the good and spiritual in those around
good advice but loving your fellow man me. If I love myself only because of my
is actually one of the 613 command-
resume virtues, I will find it very dif-
ments that we are enjoined to follow.
ficult to truly love another person.
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, in
Sometimes, we just need to remind
Chapter 32 of the Tanya, interprets
ourselves what our most important val-
this verse a little differently. It gives
ues are. Maybe it's time to start a Moral
us some insights into the strange idea
Bucket List. ❑
that a person can be commanded to
Rabbi Yisrael Pinson is director of Chabad
love someone or something. Perhaps
of Greater Downtown Detroit.
this verse is not only a command but
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