DEUT194 In the Hebrew Bible there is no polarity between love and fear in the service of God. Equal emphasis is placed on both. The author of the 119th Psalm surely loved God and His Torah. Yet he says, "My flesh trembleth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments" (v. 120). Preceding the injunction "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might" (this verse), is the statement [Deuteronomy 6:1-2). And following it is the admonition, "Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ..." (Deut. 6:13). Hence, while the Biblical-Rabbinic tradition knows the difference between love of God and fear of God, and the rabbinic tradition inclined towards setting love above fear, serving God out of fear is not disparaged. (Thus Maimonides explains Abraham's reaction to God's command to sacrifice Isaac as being due to "his fear of Him, who should be exalted, and because of his love to carry out His command…" (Guide, pt. 3:24, pp. 500-501). It all depends on what one fears and what one loves. Yohanan ben Zakai's fear of meeting his Creator was not due to fear of being physically hurt. It was rooted in a sense of his own inadequacy to fulfill what he believed God had the right to expect of him. He was a lover who feared to disappoint his beloved, a fear that sprang from and was permeated by love.