[Avodah] The Talmud's Many Demons

[Zev Sero]

On 14/08/2012 3:32 PM, Rich, Joel quoted some author in Tablet Magazine:
> Most troubling, perhaps, is the way the rabbis never try to explain how these countless demons fit into a world picture where God is the source of all law and power. Did he create them, and if so, why?

What is this person talking about?  Chazal were very clear that Hashem
created the sheidim.   Why did He create them?  That's the same question
as why He created anything else.  Why panthers, or pinecones, or Pluto?

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