100.05 Man—and the Quest for Potential (pps.72-73)

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pain of the childless mother reflects the pain of the ultimate Creator who yearns for ultimate fulfillment of the goals of creation.

Thus, while creator potential is not the only potential, it is essential for the achievement of manifold other potentialities. (Peru urevu, “Be fruitful and multiply,” is the first mitzvah [Divine precept] and is categorized by some as mitzvah rabbah, a great mitzvah.) Other potentialities, including spiritual and intellectual attainment, are dependent on it. consequently, crea- tor potential receives a sanctity distinct to itself.

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