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A good homemaker is missing nothing in her home, but she also has nothing extra. Extra possessions in one’s domain make clutter, they’re a distraction. So too, in the words of the Talmud: “G-d did not create even one detail in His world in vain.” If an intelligent human being avoids both deficiency and excess, then surely G-d, Who is the ultimate perfection, did not create any detail in vain.