Earth Etude for Elul 25: “If the world is created for my sake…”
by Rabbi David Seidenberg According to tradition this day (the 25th of Elul) is when the Creation of the world began – six days before Rosh Hashanah. According to the Mishnah, every person should believe, “the world was created for my sake”. (Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5) But what does this mean?