Why did G-d create us?

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so with that we have a big question for today which is we have a big question for today what is the purpose of creation so one of these Central beliefs in Judaism is that Hashem created the entire universe from absolute nothing that belief in creation is Central to Judaism we've explained is Central to Judaism we've explained previously in previous classes um how we know Hashem created the world and evidence for creation and we've spoken previously about exactly the story of creation and how that fits with our current scientific understanding of evolution we've addressed all that today I want to ask the big question why why did Hashem create us what was his purpose why did he create us and this is purpose why did he create us and this is a really big question that has troubled Jewish Scholars and I'm sorry on Jewish Scholars as well philosophers capitalists from the earliest of times why did Hashem create us what does he need us for what is he getting from us what is the purpose of this whole exercise of creation so there's a question has been addressed by many many Jewish thinkers over the generation there's no what we can call generation there's no what we can call the Torah itself doesn't address philosophy in general um neither does the Tom would address philosophy very extensively and doesn't really ask this question but there are mid-russia and other sources that address this question definitely many later Scholars and Jewish philosophers kabbalists have addressed this question in great very great length and so there are a number of different ways to address this question but today we're going to focus on the response given in hasidis particularly

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1. 0:00so with that we have a big question for today which is we have a big…
2. 3:39need to eat I need to be able to pay my mortgage or I need to…
3. 7:45there is no reason so why did he do it just because or we could say…
4. 12:01in other words the beginning of everything nothing created him if there would be any detail…
5. 16:06work because I need money to buy things that I want my end goal is money…
6. 20:16intellectually discover that there's a Creator we can be told by our parents which we were…
7. 24:27become vehicles for his will here on Earth vehicles that fulfill his will and we create…
8. 28:51different than happiness that she was experiential almost almost very good point so first thing you…
9. 33:04worried concerned but they're all things that don't really matter they might matter to us but…
10. 37:11don't know what it is you don't know where it is maybe that's it so if…

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