כִּֽי־אַחֲרֵ֤י שׁוּבִי֙ נִחַ֔מְתִּי וְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ הִוָּ֣דְעִ֔י סָפַ֖קְתִּי עַל־יָרֵ֑ךְ בֹּ֚שְׁתִּי וְגַם־נִכְלַ֔מְתִּי כִּ֥י נָשָׂ֖אתִי חֶרְפַּ֥ת נְעוּרָֽי׃
Sicuramente dopo che mi sono girato, mi sono pentito, e dopo ciò mi è stato dato un colpo, mi sono colpito sulla coscia; Mi vergognavo, sì, perfino confuso, perché sopportavo il rimprovero della mia giovinezza.'
Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar
However, you must realize, that the greatest joy that He receives, is when mankind receives happiness through their connection with Him, when they feel His Presence, that He is the giver, who gives them pleasure. When this occurs, He is extremely delighted, as a father is delighted with his favorite child, who realizes that the father has many great treasures stored for him. As the verse states (Jerimiah 31:19) “Is Ephraim [not] my favorite son or a delightful child, that whenever I speak of him, I remember him more and more? Therefore I yearn for him, I will surely take pity on him.” Contemplate this verse carefully, and you will ascertain the great joy that the Creator has with those complete [spiritual] individuals, who have merited to feel His greatness in all the different facets of their lives, and have a relationship with Him as a father to his favorite child, as is explained in that verse. There is no need to expound on this. It is enough to know, that the joy that He receives with these complete [spiritual] entities, for this alone, it was worth creating all of the spiritual and physical worlds, as will be explained.