Love Even When It's Hard: Hillel's Golden Rule Revealed

Are we supposed to love them only when they're nice? Even when they're mean, we're supposed to love them, which means we can't be mean back. We're not, you know, the Hill's version of the golden rule is uh whatever is hateful to yourself, don't do to others. That's the whole Torah. Well, if we hate others being mean to us, we can't be mean back. But this is very hard to do. It is very hard to be nice to people when they're mean to us because it's contrary to our nature. Uh, human beings are social creatures. A social creature is an animal that can only survive as a member of a group. Social creatures are biologically programmed for reciprocity.