And G-d said ‘Let us make Man in Our image.’
The Holy One created all creatures other than people
first. The other creatures recognized
and understood their shortcoming; they had nobody who could connect their
existence to the Holy One. For only by
means of people can things of this world connect themselves to G-d. People elevate everything, as is known. Earth and water’s strength give their
strength to plants, plants to animals, and animals to people. People, by means of serving the Holy One,
elevate all of the strength that they receive from this world, even the
strength of water and earth. When other
creatures saw they lacked this connection, they prayed for the creation of
people. Thus G-d said, ‘Let us make Man…’ That is to say, G-d said to all other
creatures, ‘You will give your strength and partner in the creation of people.’ This gives people a share in all of you, and
if people need something, all of the other creatures will arise to help
them. When people are bad, it’s bad for
all creatures, as in the generation of the Flood, and when it’s good for
people, it’s good for all creatures.
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