Message #210626

[Tashiel]

creatures are not in need of their own produce; how much less then is the Creator in need of what He has created. Have ye ever heard it said, 'Irrigate this vine with wine, so that it may produce much wine, or this olive-tree with oil, that it may produce much oil '? These plants are in no need of their own products to nourish them; shall, then, God be in need of what He has created?"


Vayikra Rabbah, Chap. XXII., and Barmidbar Rabbah, Chap. XXI.