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Hello Rabbi, many ask how one can explain the will of God Almighty to create the world, and after all, will indicates a disadvantage, and there is no possibility of a disadvantage with Him. I have heard that some people justify this based on the problems that David Yom raises about drawing empirical conclusions from cause and effect, that is, will indicates a disadvantage, this is a conclusion from cause and effect that has no empirical justification, and therefore the main difficulty is, does the Rabbi agree with these things or not, and why?
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Hello.
I agree. The need for will to explain actions is a consequence of the principle of causality.
But beyond that, the argument is not necessary because the perfection of God dictated that a world was needed (as the Arizal Reish Etz Chaim said, and the Rabbi Kook, Orot Hakodesh 22 on perfection and completion). Therefore, His perfection is when He includes a created world. In other words, it is not that He was lacking and then became complete with the creation of the world, but rather His perfection is the entire whole, a period without a world followed by a people. Perfection is not necessarily a static state but can also be a function over the time axis.
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