Now pay attention because it’s a fundamental principle. ע וֹ לָ ם חֶ סֶ ד ָ נֶה ּ יִב – Hakadosh Baruch Hu made this world for the purpose of doing kindliness (ibid 89:3). Kindliness for whom? For man. You see that everything was made for man.
There's metal in the earth. Do wolves use metal? Do lions use metal? Only mankind uses metal. And mankind uses lions too. Mankind kills lions and uses their skins.
ָ מַ עֲ שֵׂ י יָ דֶ י ך ּ ב ּ ַ מְ שׁ ִ י לֵ ה ו ּ ת – Hashem, You gave man dominion over all the works of Your hand (Tehillim 8:7).
ָ ה תַ חַ ת רַ גְלָיו ּ ֹל שַׁ ת ּ כ – You Hashem have placed everything under man’s feet, under man’s control (ibid.). Why is it when you walk in the streets, you see sidewalks of cement everywhere. Who needs cement? Do birds need cement? Do animals need cement? Only man needs cement. The tar that paves the streets? Only mankind needs the tar; and miles and miles of roads are paved with the tar. Miles and miles of sidewalks. And so you see that mankind is getting what he needs.
If there are potatoes that grow in the earth, it’s for man. If there are apples on trees, it’s for man. And why did Hakadosh Baruch Hu make everything for man? Because He wanted to give man kindliness. He’s trying to make us happy. He supplies us not with colorless and tasteless food just to keep us alive. No; He supplies us with food with a pleasant taste, with pleasant aromas. Even with colors; He gives a little blush to the pear. On one cheek, the pear is blushing a little bit. It makes it look better.
He makes the orange beautiful; a beautiful yellow, almost orange. Yellow bananas and red apples. Blueberries and raspberries. He gives color to the things we eat because He’s feeding us בְ רַ חֲ מִ ים ּ ְ חֶ סֶ ד ו ּ ְ חֵ ן ב ּ ב. Not only He’s giving us what we need to exist but He gives us with kindliness.
