G-d spoke and the world came to be. If G-d would cease to continuously recreate the miracle of creation, the world would cease to be.
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I think being refered to as "nothing" is only shocking because of a romantisized idea of the Almighty, planted by those that wanted to "convince" other to accept His grace. G-d is chosen in free will by the spiritually mature and in reality needs no marketing scheme to have us do so... Sorry for your dissappointment
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G-d desired a dwelling-place in this, the lowliest of all worlds. He gets great pleasure from each and every one of our mitzvot. He loves each and every one of us like an only child born to a parent in his old age. So you see, we matter to Him very, very much. He gave us the 613 mitzvot to form a bond, a connection between Him and us. Tzav, which means connection, is the root of the word mitzvah. And because He is G-d, He can listen to all our prayers, thoughts, cries for help, etc., all at once and answer us as well. We finite, human parents get frazzled when more than one of our children talk to us at once. But not G-d. His ability to listen to us all and all at once is unique to Him because He's G-d.
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In response to Michs from Jerusalem:
What it really means is that things are not what they appear to be. What's something is really nothing, and what's nothing is truly something. Arrogance, ego, I, G-d despises. While humility, modesty, and a healthy sense of egolessness, G-d loves. As the Torah (Deutoronomy 7:7) states: Why did G-d fall in the love with the Jewish people? Because of our quality of self-nullification. Paradoxically, egotism leads to nihilism, while egolessness leads to a life filled with meaning, purpose, love, respect, and genuine value.
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This was a great lecture, and in response to some of the confusion evidenced in some of the responses, I would like to point out the Rabbi's explanation. The Rabbi did not mean that we are nothing, but just compared to G-D we are so insignificant that it's as though we are nothing. We are something, and hence G-D gave us the Torah, to do or not to do. To be as great as Moshe Rebbeinu or not. And we are our own people, because G-D created us, proof can be found in the Torah. ' And G-D created man.' But just G-D is so much greater than us, that we are like nothing compared to him. And we are only because G-D creates us. But we are!!! And G-D chose to love us and be happy with the good we do. All the worlds he created for us, so that we could choose in our own voilition to do good. Yet we have the choice to do bad as well. And in this sense we are like G-D. Hence its not that we are so small, its just that G-D is so big, and not just big, but infinite.
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I think that the ideas expressed in this video are essentially wrong. I believe that creation is important to G-d and that G-d love us and that He desires to have a relationship with us. It is not true to say that we are nothing.
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Regarding Henry was a movie about a man who lived an un-Holy life style until one day because of a brain injury he loses all his past experiences and memories permanently. He goes through extensive therapy and in the end a different personality emerges with a moral nature this time around. I know it's just a movie but it shows that we are not as exclusive as we'd sometimes like to think we are. We worry about death and what will happen to us when in reality the so called us that worries is just temporary maybe.
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For the very first time in my life I heard something like that!
G-d is the only thing that exists?
It does not matter to him, If I keep His commandments, it only matters for me? (because of the negative consequences)
And when we have a loving relationship, He is loving Himself? That He can do without me. And what I say is really totally unimportant? Then how could I tell others about him? In fact, He can give those others directly all the thoughts in one moment, the others, I am talking to?
And my loving Him means nothing to Him?
(Of course He does not need my love.)
Do I come into existance, when I get to Olam Haba (the World to Come)?
I hope so. If not, suicide would be the best thing to do.
Although to speak means nothing, I found it fascinating, to listen to you,
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