S1, E1 The Purpose of Creation, according to the Rambam

Whyever did God create the world? Can we even give a reason for a perfect God to be motivated to act? This most fundamental question about our existence has occupied many of the greatest Torah thinkers. 

This lecture explores the Rambam's unique and profound opinion about the purpose of everything.

The Rambam asserts that creation has no purpose in the usual sense of a motivating reason to do something. Rather, the purpose is God Himself: His will or His wisdom, which are His essence.

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