Chazak Presents: Should we Love G-d? Or Fear G-d?

Question: Why, if the month of Elul is a month of love, does it prelude the month of judgment? How do these two diametrically opposed concepts go together?

Rabbi Yitsy David shares with us an old Chassidic story about a student's relationship with his Rebbe. Was it a relationship based on love or fear?

Comes the student in the story and answers this paradox beautifully by saying, “Rebbe, I love the Rebbe so much, that I’m terrified to do anything that would hurt the rebbe”

Let us keep this in mind as we approach the new year and may Hashem our lives with sweetness as we grow in our relationship of love and fear with Him.