“Lo sa’amod al dam rei’echa..” (VaYikra 19:16) The Torah is warning not to get hung up about the “dam” portion of our neighbors. So what if that person does not look so pretty or walk and talk just like us? “Ani Hashem,” the real essence of a person is the “aleph,” the portion of the “alufo shel olam” that is inside. (Tiferes Shlomo)
אתם קרויין אדם ואין גויים קרויין אדם
ReplyDeletealthough there is an alternate girsa for the ending.