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you know they say what do you get for
the man who has everything
penicillin what do you get for Hashem
Hashem has everything you know how hard
it must be to shop for Hashem so what do
you get for Hashem who has and is
everything what doesn't he have
caviarchal so to speak as it were after
a fashion
can God create a boulder so heavy that
even he can outlift it well I don't know
the answer to that and I don't even know
where that comes from but I'll share
with you a paradox that Sid this
discusses which is Hashem creates a
world by concealing himself and then
desires to be let into that world but
how can he be let into that world
without canceling out that world you see
in order to create it as we said he
concealed himself if he'll reveal
himself then he'll no longer be creating
it so Hashem desires this Paradox you
want to talk about what do you get for
Hashem you gotta Shema Paradox that's
what you get for Hashem you get him a
paradox the Paradox is that the creation
continues to exist I as a created being
continue to exist and yet within that I
let him in without it overwhelming my
created existence out of existence and
that's what causes Hashem so much joy
Hashem gets unique joy and nagas
gratification satisfaction and from
being able to be present in a world
which he designed to be inhospitable to
his presence it's like
I never thought of it this way before
but Woody Allen is famous for quoting
Groucho Marx who said I would never want
to belong to a club that would have
someone like me as a member there's
something very Jewish about that aside
from the fact that it's Woody Allen
quoting Groucho Marx so God says that I
would never be part of a club that would
have me as a member but almost like I
don't get so much knocks for being part
of a club that would have me as a member
in other words Hashem could show up in
heaven and the malachim the Angels there
they love it they're like here he is the
CEO roll out the red carpet and it's
like yeah
it's not that exciting
what Hashem gets excited about is to be
invited into a world that he designed
specifically to be inhospitable to him
if you go up to him oh come on what's
the point I have Angels who are here
already
it's to stay down here
and to bring him into this world now
obviously objectively speaking he's
already in this world because he is
everything but subjectively speaking
he's not here until you let him in so
now I'm happy because I feel he's with
me but I'm happy for him that he feels
he's getting his invitation to this
exclusive club that he designed to be
inhospitable to him hashem's getting the
thrill of the paradox
so he's like not only did I get into
this club where they have a sign on the
front that says no God allowed there's a
sign in front of this club says no God
allowed and he got in and then not only
he got in but you say you want to go to
our special room that's for members only
and you bring God into that room then
it's like wow what a thrill so you're
down in the physical world and not only
in the physical world but in hutslot
it's outside of the land of Israel and
then sitting in New York you think about
the Oneness of God and allow Hashem into
your world that's very very gratifying
for him he really enjoys that I share
sauce for Sam and then Hashem is happy
that he gets to have a place in the
exclusive club that he designed to have
a no God allowed sign on the front he
created the club he put the nogada
outside on it actually he created the
club he created the obnoxious jerks who
wrote the no God aloud sign on it he put
you into the club with the risk of you
becoming actually part of that club and
actually buying into it yeah I also
don't like I don't know I don't want God
in this club and then what happens is
you say you know what I'm going to let
God in I'm going to use my foothold over
here to get him in here because in the
physical plane there does appear to be
multiplicity lots of different stuff
there seems to be all these different
forces that are in control every
different person and organization and
government and economy and they all look
like they each have their own power in
this world and if you buy into it
actually like follow that narrative you
start thinking there's all these
different powers in the world but it's
not true this one power
is one power so Hashem wants to be at
home in the place where it seems like
there are many makers but then you
through your subjective Clarity you
don't buy into the narrative that there
are different powers that work you turn
the world that looks like it's full of
many different powers into a world that
only has one power and one Authority and
Hashem is very happy with that and that
should make you very happy so in
addition to the fact that when you think
about how Hashem is really here in this
world despite what the world may look
like that makes you feel not alone so
that itself is making you happy but then
even more than that you realize aha
that's precisely the greatest joy for
Hashem that Paradox of being able to be
brought into this world and now you're
even happier because not only I'm happy
for the original reason I was happy but
I'm happy that Hashem is so happy