Q&A: Bodily Pleasures
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Bodily Pleasures
Question
Rabbi Michi, hello!
Why did the Holy One, blessed be He, create us with the ability to enjoy material pleasures? For example, He could have created us with a desire to eat in order to sustain the body without enjoyment from the sense of taste, or to fulfill procreation without bodily pleasure. Is there a reason for this? Maybe someone wrote about it?
Answer
Why not? Apparently He wants us to enjoy ourselves. What is there to write about it?