Halakhah zu Schir haSchirim 2:5
סַמְּכ֙וּנִי֙ בָּֽאֲשִׁישׁ֔וֹת רַפְּד֖וּנִי בַּתַּפּוּחִ֑ים כִּי־חוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃
Stärket mich mit Krügen Wein, labet mich mit Äpfeln, denn liebeskrank bin ich.
Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Vol VI
Rambam, Hilkhot Teshuvah 10:3, followed by Sefer Haredim 1:5, declares that such intellectual awareness generates an emotional state akin to lovesickness as described by King Solomon, Song of Songs 2:5. How does one come to know, and hence love, God? By apprehending His glory, grandeur and majesty. And how does one achieve such an awareness? By investigating the nature of the created universe, by studying the laws of nature that guarantee the cohesiveness of the universe. As stated by Rambam, Hilkhot Yesodei ha-Torah 2:2:
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