Avos 3.18 - Hierarchies of Divine Love

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length: 1 hour 12 minutesSynopsis: Tonight (6/8/23), in our last Thursday Night Pirkei Avos shiur of the season, we learned that God "loves" all human beings, but He loves Israel more, and may love certain members of Israel even more than that. Tonight we relied exclusively on the Sforno as our guide. By learning his commentaries on Avos, Bereishis, and Devarim, we were able to arrive at an understanding which was clear, practical, and even inspirational - a fitting way to end this year of Pirkei Avos learning. I look forward to resuming in the fall (בג"ה)!Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments! -----מקורות:אבות ג:יחרלב"ג - הקדמה לתורהספורנוספורנו - בראשית א:כו-כזספורנו דברים יד:א-ב-----This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Rachayl. Thank you! The academic year is drawing to a close. I've got big plans in store for the summer and even BIGGER plans for this upcoming year. If you've gained from what you've learned here and would like to help support my ability to produce free, independent, original Torah content, please consider sponsoring a week's worth of content. Better yet, become one of my Patrons by going to patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. And if you'd like to have a say in what I write about AND gain access to exclusive articles on spicy topics that I'm not willing to share with the internet at large, join my NEW paid subscriber tier on my substack at rabbischneeweiss.substack.com.-----If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.-----Substack: rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweissInstagram: instagram.com/rabbischneeweiss/"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.comOld Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GEB1EPIAarsELfHWuI2k0HAmazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel