Who Could Find Fault With a World the Creator Himself Praises

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 17:2

"These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were created" (Genesis 2:4). Their Creator praises them, who can disparage them? Their Creator extols them, who can put a blemish in them? Rather, they are lovely and praiseworthy. Rabbi Yudan said: by the merit of the Torah the world was created, as it is said, "these are the statutes and the ordinances and the teachings" (Leviticus 26:46).

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