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In Hebrew, the word for love is ahavah, and for Love for No Reason, ahavat chinam, literally “groundless love.”
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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In my interview with Love Luminary Rabbi David Thomas, he described ahavat chinam as “the love we show to a fellow human being without regard to our own interest, simply because we are human and we see the humanity of another.”
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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In my interview with Love Luminary Rabbi David Thomas, he described ahavat chinam as “the love we show to a fellow human being without regard to our own interest, simply because we are human and we see the humanity of another.”
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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In Hebrew, the word for love is ahavah, and for Love for No Reason, ahavat chinam, literally “groundless love.”
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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Let me know that in the beginning, real life is created through ahavat hinam, love unbound, love unfiltered, love unselfish, love shorn of armor and unkindness and judgment and ancient rage.
Bradley Burston: A Straight's Prayer for Young Israelis Shot for Being Gay 2009
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"It's more like ahavat haaretz, a love of the country."
Mine Land 2009
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Lucy S. Dawidowicz wrote that ahavat Yisrael, the love of the Jewish people, was a crucial ingredient in writing Jewish history.
Lucy S. Dawidowicz. 2009
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Arendt denied harboring any special love for the Jewish people (ahavat Yisrael).
Hannah Arendt. 2009
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Dorff puts it, his supporting Obama “is a case of both ahavat Mordechai and sinat Haman” love of Mordechai and hate of Haman.
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Dorff puts it, his supporting Obama “is a case of both ahavat Mordechai and sinat Haman” love of Mordechai and hate of Haman.
Liveblogging a Rabbinic Conference Call With Obama - Danya Ruttenberg 2008
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