Q&A: The Reason for Creation
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The Reason for Creation
Question
Hello Rabbi, what was the point of God creating souls in the first place? What does it give Him? Did they exist from all eternity like God? And besides, why couldn’t He simply have eliminated the "bread of shame," which is said to be the reason the world was created?
Answer
I have no idea. What was the point of His creating everything else? That’s something you’d have to ask Him.
So I also don’t know where the idea of the "bread of shame" comes from. I don’t believe in it, at least not in its simple sense.
My impression is that souls did not always exist, but were created. Only the Holy One, blessed be He, existed eternally. But of course here too, I have no information.