Deuteronomy
דברים י׳:י״ב
Deuteronomy 10:12
The Torah commands to 'walk in all His ways, love Him, and serve God with all your heart and all your soul.' These imperatives of love, joy, and wholehearted service are central pillars of Chassidic theology — found explicitly in the Torah itself.
וְעַתָּה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מָ֚ה יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ שֹׁאֵ֖ל מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ כִּ֣י אִם־לְ֠יִרְאָ֠ה אֶת־יְהֹוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ לָלֶ֤כֶת בְּכׇל־דְּרָכָיו֙ וּלְאַהֲבָ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכׇל־לְבָבְךָ֖ וּבְכׇל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃
And now, O Israel, what does the ETERNAL your God demand of you? Only this: to revere the ETERNAL your God, to walk only in divine paths, to love and to serve the ETERNAL your God with all your heart and soul,
Why it matters — Critics of Chassidus who argue its emphasis on love, joy, and inner devotion is a novel distortion must contend with these explicit Torah verses.
See also
- Tur, Orach Chayim 46unverifiedFiled under: Making One Hundred Brachot Daily
- Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 46:3unverifiedFiled under: Making One Hundred Brachot Daily
- Kitzur Shulchan Arukh 6:7unverifiedFiled under: Making One Hundred Brachot Daily