[Avodah] Lo Bashamayim Hee

[Michael Makovi]

> The Sages relate that the angels complained to Hashem when He chose to share
> His precious Torah  with His people.
> Hashem responded that the Torah could not remain amongst
> them because they are perfect spiritual beings with no mortality, impurity
> or illness. Hashem's true glory would
> ultimately come from man plagued by impurity and mortality.
>
> ri

Indeed. It's the same reason we have free will: if we didn't, what
would it mean for us to do mitzvot? For the angels to do mitzvot is
meaningless. Only for a human, for one who has the possibility of
failure, is the possibility of success meaningful.

Mikha'el Makovi