Sorry for taking up more of everyone’s time but if you are reading this in the first place I guess you can spare some.
Just wanted to share a great story to bring home the point I’ve been trying to make which a freind of mine told me he heard in a speech.
The speaker related how he had picked up a guy hitching a ride. They were in the car together for over a half hour during which the passenger let him know – in no uncertain terms – that he despised the litvaks, despised the chassidim, despised the sfardim, despised the taimanim, despised the mizrachnikim, despised the chilonim etc. etc.
Toward the end of the ride the driver – who was somewhat in shock from this “drasha” – finally asked his passenger why he despised all these yidden so much.
They reply came with no lack of righteous indignation: Because none of them have Ahavas Yisroel!!