Musar for Sanhedrin 75:16
על גפי מרומי קרת רבה בר בר חנה רמי כתיב על גפי וכתיב על כסא בתחלה על גפי ולבסוף על כסא
Another answer is: For the sake of [the different] families, that they might not quarrel with each other.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the superiority of their respective ancestry. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> Now, if at present, though but one was [originally] created,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when they all descend from one father. ');"><sup>28</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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