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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 19:18/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ט:י״ח
אלא תקם ולא תטר. מפורש בדברי חז״ל:
1THOU SHALT NOT TAKE VENGEANCE, NOR BEAR ANY GRUDGE. This is explained in the words of our rabbis of blessed memory.65 23a.
בואהבת לרעך. על דעת רבים שהלמ״ד נוסף כלמ״ד לאבנר ועל דעתי שהוא כמשמעו שיאהב הטוב לחברו כמו לנפשו:
2BUT THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR. Many are of the opinion that the lamed of le-re’akha66 literally means to thy neighbor. (thy neighbor) is superfluous.67 literally, then our verse reads, but thou shalt love to thy neighbor as thyself. This does not appears to make sense. Hence this interpretation means that we should ignore the lamed prefixed to re’akha and interpret our verse as reading, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. It is like the lamed of le-avner (Abner) (II Sam. 3:30).68 is to be interpreted as if written avner. I believe that le-re’akha is to be taken literally.69 of le-re’akha (thy neighbor) is not superfluous. Its meaning is that one should love that which is good for one’s neighbor as he does for himself.70 of le-re’akha as meaning “for.” He interprets our verse as follows: You shall love for your neighbor what you love for yourself (Krinsky). Weiser claims that I.E. interprets the lamed of le-re’akha as meaning “of.” He interprets our verse as follows: You shall love of your neighbor’s welfare as you love your own welfare.
גוטעם אני ה׳. כי אני אלוה אחד בראתי אתכם:
3The meaning of I am the Lord is, I the Lord alone created all of you.