Unfortunately, the Hebrew of Leviticus 19:18 is ambiguous. With equal correctness, it can be translated as either “Love your neighbor as you love yourself,” or “Love your neighbor who is like you.” The first way is how Christians normally think Jesus meant it. The second way is how the Pharisees took it — love your neighbor who is clean, upstanding, and follows all the rules (the 613 commandments they say Torah sets forth). I am impressed that given the example Jesus set by h