Chasidut zu Jirmejahu 31:20
הֲבֵן֩ יַקִּ֨יר לִ֜י אֶפְרַ֗יִם אִ֚ם יֶ֣לֶד שַׁעֲשֻׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֤י דַבְּרִי֙ בּ֔וֹ זָכֹ֥ר אֶזְכְּרֶ֖נּוּ ע֑וֹד עַל־כֵּ֗ן הָמ֤וּ מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ רַחֵ֥ם אֲֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ (ס)
Ist Ephraim ein geliebter Sohn für mich? Ist er ein Kind, das behandelt wird? Denn so oft ich von ihm spreche, erinnere ich mich noch ernsthaft an ihn; Darum sehnt sich mein Herz nach ihm, ich werde mit ihm Mitleid haben, spricht der Herr.
Chovat HaTalmidim
And now, if you have internalized our words up to here and want to hear further about the path that you will climb towards God and the means through which you will connect to Torah and divine service - then we can already hope that in the end, you will, God willing, reach the state in which it will be said about you, "You are a dear son to Me, a child that is dandled! For whenever I speak of him, I earnestly remember him still. I will surely have mercy on him" (see Jeremiah 31:19).
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Sefat Emet
This is *the fire of love* of which it says (Song_of_Songs.8.7) "Many waters cannot quench the love." As we find (Sotah 21a), "A sin extinguishes a mitzvah, but does not extinguish Torah." (The Sages (Vayikra_Rabbah.2.3) similarly expounded the verse (Jeremiah.31.20) "A darling child to Me is Ephraim... whenever I just speak with him" -- "sufficient is My Speaking that I placed within him.") And it says (Jeremiah.23.29) "My words are like fire, declares the Lord."
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