וּבְהִתְבּוֹנְנוֹ עַל רוֹב חֲסָדָיו עִמָּנוּ, וְעַל גֹּדֶל אַהֲבָתוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, וְעַל קִרְבַת הַיְּשָׁרִים אֵלָיו וּמַעֲלַת הַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוֹת, וְכַיּוֹצֵא מִן הָעִיּוּנִים וְהַלִּמּוּדִים, וַדַּאי שֶׁתִּתְלַהֵט בּוֹ אַהֲבָה עַזָּה, וְיִבְחַר וְיִתְאַוֶּה לִדָּבֵק בּוֹ, כִּי בִּרְאוֹתוֹ שֶׁהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ הוּא לָנוּ לְאָב מַמָּשׁ, וּמְרַחֵם עָלֵינוּ כְּאָב עַל בָּנִים, יִתְעוֹרֵר בּוֹ בְּהֶמְשֵׁךְ הַחֵפֶץ וְהַתְּשׁוּקָה לִגְמֹל לוֹ כְּבֵן עַל אָבִיו.
And when he contemplates G-d's great lovingkindness to us, His great love for the Jewish people, the closeness of the Just to Him, the virtue of Torah and mitzvot, and other similar investigations and studies, certainly, a powerful love will ignite within him, and he will choose and lust to cling to Him. For when he sees that the Creator, blessed be He, is literally (mamash) like a father to us, and has mercy on us as a father on his sons, there will then awaken within him a desire and longing to reciprocate back to Him, as a son to his father.