Judaism & Kabbalah
Visit or call someone who is suffering
Offer comfort through compassion ("chesed")
Judaism & Kabbalah
Explore the philosophies and practices of Judaism, an ethnic religion comprising the collective religious and cultural traditions of the Jewish people.
10 min practiceCan be done any time of dayConnectCalling or visiting someone in your family, neighborhood, or community who is suffering is a major way that someone can practice loving kindness, or "chesed", in the Jewish tradition.
"Chesed" is the Jewish concept of compassion, and translates as "loving kindness" or "goodness". The word "chesed" appears 248 times in the Hebrew Bible, and as a result many Jewish scholars believe that it is the primary ethical virtue of Judaism.
Judaism & Kabbalah
Explore the philosophies and practices of Judaism, an ethnic religion comprising the collective religious and cultural traditions of the Jewish people.
10 min practiceCan be done any time of dayConnect