Musar for Sanhedrin 75:8
לפיכך כו': תנו רבנן אדם יחידי נברא ומפני מה שלא יהו המינים אומרין הרבה רשויות בשמים דבר אחר מפני הצדיקים ומפני הרשעים שלא יהו הצדיקים אומרים אנו בני צדיק ורשעים אומרים אנו בני רשע
R. Hisda said in Mar 'Ukba's name — others state, R. Hisda quoted from a lecture of Mari b. Mar: What is meant by the verse, And so the Lord hath hastened<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For this meaning of [H] (E.V. 'watched over'), cf. Jer. I, 12: [H] hasten. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> the evil and brought it upon us, for the Lord our God is righteous?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Dan. IX, 14. ');"><sup>14</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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