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G-d's Question

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Before He brought forth the cosmos out of nothingness, He structured in His thought how all things would be. Even then, He struggled with it, pondering, "Should it be? Or should it not?"

Then He created all things according to that thought, and out of all things of that creation He formed Adam. And within Adam He placed this struggle, and Adam became a living being.

Since then, it is in our hands: Should there be a world? Or a desolate chaos? Is G-d's creation worth His making it?

Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson
From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.
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March 31, 2009
Worth it
While chaos is a reality for some, those people whom know God will all say that it was worth it even if constraint mandates that a holy experience is finite.
Craig Hamilton
March 31, 2009
God's question
sometimes I wonder if it is worth it.
Anonymous
Elkins Park, Pa
March 31, 2009
We find the answer in G-d's Holy Name.

G-d created everything for Himself. But human nature asks why?

The answer: Simply "Because" ("Asher").
Steve
Malta
March 31, 2009
the question
in re your final question: in view of EVERYTHING that is happening on this planet, one wonders....& yet, amidst all of the negative, unpleasant, even horrible events, we see flashes of goodness & prehaps a little progress in the journey of man. continue your good work...it's a positive in the world of negative. mjw
marianne juliette wilson
houston, tx
March 31, 2009
G-d's Question
Rabbi: I appreciate your observation. But I simply can't accept the fact that G-d, the omnipotent, labored over the issue of creating the world in which we live. If you are asking me to accept that G-d "struggled" with this decision, it suggests the presence of fallibility. Then, by default, I must also accept that G-d is both good and bad, just and unjust, right and wrong. If G-d was confused, then perhaps G-d erred in creating this world, given that He had choices to make. Given the nature of choice-making, His choice by definition might have been the incorrect one, again suggesting fallibility in our G-d who the Torah defines as perfect. It can't be both ways, Rabbi, unless perfection can co-exist with the imperfect -- an admittedly difficult concept in the context of our Creator.
Anonymous
Marietta, GA
March 31, 2009
thought-worth it
it certainly is worth it because this is where we learn and understand G-d's desires for us
Philip A. Goldman
washington crossing, pa/USA
March 31, 2009
For now...
it seems we just don't know the answer but have only to keep on in our best essays, praying them to be right and correct.
Carmen
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