God’s Love

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If, as Rambam says, God has no emotions, then what are the proof texts in Tanach, (especially in Chumash), that God created the universe with Love, or that God is in fact a Loving God?

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    It is a very subtle point. God does not have human characteristics, but we describe Him as having them to help us understand our relationship to Him better (anthropomorphism). Rabbi Yishayahu Horowitz, Shnei Luchot Habrit, states “The Torah speaks in the language of man.” Everything in the Torah is in fact a metaphor for a deeper spiritual idea. That includes all of the various ideas that appear in both the Talmud and the Midrashim. The meaning and the justification is the same – to make our understanding of God more tangible in our lives.

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