Love of God

Four Types of Love

        The love of all beings precedes everything else.
        Afterwards comes the love of all humanity.
        After that comes the love of the people of Israel, who encompass everything, for it is the people of Israel who will one day rectify all creation.
        All these types of love express themselves in activity: loving others to do good for them and to improve them.
        But higher than all these is the love of God.  This is love complete in itself, which does not in itself cause an effect—except that it fills the heart with the most exalted contentment.
        Musar Avicha, Ahavah II

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