Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I love you if you love me.' It's love for no reason, love without an object.
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“My belief is that I wasn't born into Judaism by accident, and so I needed to find ways to honor that.”
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