Êxodo 32:32 Cabalá: Sha'arei Kedusha

Furthermore, about the mitzvah of loving one’s fellow Jew, they stated,⁴³⁹Rashi to Leviticus 19:18, citing Sifra; Torat Kohanim, and elsewhere. “This is a great principle that includes the entire Torah in it,” for everything depends on it. Our teacher Moshe only merited attaining all of his wondrous and exalted levels because of his great love of Israel and because he was pained by their suffering, as our sages, of blessed memory,⁴⁴⁰See Rashi to Exodus 2:11, citing Midrash Shemot Rabba 1:27 said about the verse,⁴⁴¹Exodus 2:11 “He saw their burdens,” and about the verse,⁴⁴²Exodus 32:32 “Now, if You would but forgive their sin – but if not, erase me now from Your book that You have written.” On account of this, he was equated to the entire Jewish people, as written,⁴⁴³Isaiah 63:11; Also see Rashi to Exodus 18:1 citing Mechilta. “They remembered the days of old, of Moshe, His people.”