Why Did Hashem Make Sugar Taste So Good If It's Not Too Healthy?

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Hi, this is Dov Olansky with our question and answer series. We're in a short period of time we try to give a short answer to very long and complicated questions. We know I should have created everything for us. Why then did he make sugar taste so good if it's not too healthy? I heard this uh question by Matty Berger when I was teaching in Discovery. And he said, "God put us in this world to make choices because the ultimate purpose of being in this world is to choose to have a relationship with the Kodesh Baruch Hu. Cuz you only can have a meaningful relationship that you choose." And so I've asked audiences for years, "Who loves who more? Do parents love children more or do children love parents more?" And every audience has told me the same thing, "Children love parents more." Why? Because children are at a disadvantage in that relationship because they didn't choose it. Or in the vernacular, "I didn't ask to be born." So "I didn't choose this relationship. You chose to have a kid. Turned out being me. But I didn't choose this relationship." So you could see sometimes when parents get older the relationship starts to change because the power dynamic the children are positioned to give more and that changes that that balance that takes place. But um until then, you know, therefore the example I used to give to the girls when I was teaching in seminary is I said, "One day there's a knock on the door

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1. 0:00Hi, this is Dov Olansky with our question and answer series. We're in a short period…
2. 0:33Cuz you only can have a meaningful relationship that you choose." And so I've asked audiences…
3. 1:04chose to have a kid. Turned out being me. But I didn't choose this relationship." So…
4. 1:34and there's a young man there and he says, 'Hi.' And she goes, 'Hello.' 'It's me.…
5. 2:05cuz you have to choose this relationship. You have to decide that I want to do…
6. 2:36It's always going to be defined by the person who wants it the least, not the…
7. 3:09you're going to decide do I want to eat healthy or do I want something that…
8. 3:39Now when do I want to feel better, now or later?" >> [laughter] >> There's always…
9. 4:11>> Now it's all flavored. It's not the same thing. But back then it was really…

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