Musar for Sanhedrin 75:15
חכמת בנתה ביתה זו מידתו של הקב"ה שברא את כל העולם כולו בחכמה חצבה עמודיה שבעה אלו שבעת ימי בראשית טבחה טבחה מסכה יינה אף ערכה שולחנה אלו ימים ונהרות וכל צורכי עולם שלחה נערותיה תקרא זה אדם וחוה
might not say: There are many ruling powers in Heaven. Another answer is: For the sake of the righteous and the wicked; that the righteous might not say: 'Ours is a righteous heredity.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore we have no need to avoid temptation. ');"><sup>25</sup></span> and that the wicked might not say: 'Ours is an evil heredity.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore we have no power to resist temptation. ');"><sup>26</sup></span>
Mesilat Yesharim
The answer to him is near [his question], as we learned: "Thus man was created alone, so that each person should say: 'for my sake the world was created' " (Sanhedrin 37a). Already it brings gratification to G-d, that His children desire and pray for this. And even though their request may not be fulfilled, because the proper time has not yet come or for some other reason, nevertheless, they have done their part and the Holy One, blessed be He, rejoices in this.
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