GEN50 Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch clarifies the [Walk in His Ways] concept as an all-inclusive commandment which teaches the Torah Jew to emulate the bountiful love and kindness of the Creator. “To no other being but man did God give the eyes to discern Him and to recognize Him. But the purpose of this recognition should be to imitate Him in action, for God created you in His image. [this verse]. And just as the one aspect of God which you can behold everywhere and always is His activity, and this activity is nothing but love – the birth of creation is love, the existence of every creature is love, the maintenance of the world is love, its ordering and advancement is love, love for the whole, for every individual for you – so let the goal of your striving after God be love, love in deed and action with every power that is in you, in every moment of your existence, in order that you may become a blessing in your own circle, in whatever way and whatever place you can. And let this holy model [i.e. of God’s attributes] be always and everywhere before you … This all-present, all-loving God calls upon you in His love to follow in His steps according to the measure of your powers, to be His image in the sphere of your activities. Therefore look to Him and Him alone at every moment, and make yourself His image in love.”  And if we find it difficult to fathom the pattern of Divine mercy and compassion as reflected within the works of creation, we turn to the Torah to provide us with a deeper insight into the infinite kindness and compassion of the Eternal.  Thus, the entire universe – as seen through the eyes of Torah – becomes our planbook in our quest for improving ourselves and perfecting our ethical and moral pattern of behavior. The words of Tanach, too – the Scriptures – take on new meaning, as they become our eyes and ears, providing us with a more perceptive appreciation of the attributes of God. FENDEL 9-10