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Judaism offers a variety of views regarding the love of God, love among human beings, and love for non-human animals. Love is a central value in Jewish ethics and Jewish theology. ==Hebrew words== Because there are so many different manifestations of love, there are many different Hebrew words for love as well. Some of the types embodied in the Jewish tradition include familial, covenantal, compassionate, friendship, romantic, and neighborly. Various Jewish scholars have explored love from different facets of life such as acts of giving, war and peace, the environment, the practice of keeping kosher, and forgiveness just to name a few. In all of these overarching issues, justice is a motif that is often interlaced directly with love. The basic Hebrew word for "love," ahavah (אהבה), like the English word "love," is used to describe intimate or romantic feelings or relationships, such as the love between parent and child in Genesis 22:2; 25: 28; 37:3; the love between close friends in I Samuel 18:2, 20:17; or the love between a young man and young woman in Song of Songs. Another word often used for love, chesed (חסד), is often translated as "loving-kindness" or "steadfast love." It includes aspects of affection and compassion. Daniel Elazar has suggested that "chesed" cannot easily be translated into English, but that it means something like "loving covenant obligation," a kind of love that goes beyond a concern with compliance with following laws or contracts.〔Daniel Elazar, (HaBrit V'HaHesed: Foundations of the Jewish System )〕 Other Hebrew words sometimes translated as "love" include re'ut (the love for a friend or companion). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jewish views on love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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