But a contradiction appears at once: if G-d created man to delight, why be religious at all? One could delight without being religious. The religious man has to pray three times a day, cannot eat pork, has to climb the stairs on foot on Shabbat...
The answer: what is meant is a delight INFINITE in time and INFINITE in intensity. A delight without limit, in every domain.
Every delight we know is limited. That is precisely the problem.
The Star of David is made of TWO triangles. This secret, the Jewish people alone in the world holds.
It begins wide and ends in a point
A young person has eyes to see the whole world, ears to hear every music, a nose for every fragrance — he catches a great deal.
Then, with time: glasses, hearing that fades, teeth that go, a walking stick.
It begins wide and ends in a point.
It begins in a point and widens without end
A child comes into the world and his knowledge is no bigger than a point. The moment he begins to take in, it widens. The more he takes in, the fuller he is; the fuller he is, the more he takes in — and how far does it go? TO AN INFINITE WORLD.
We have found that there is an infinite world inside man.
Whoever joins these two triangles has found the purpose.
That is the secret of the people of Israel: how do you join these two triangles?