Hi,
"Gd informed us via His prophets that He gave Man an advantage over His other creations, as Bereishit 1:28 says, 'And they will reign over the fish of the seas, etc.'… He gave us the ability to serve Him, and He put [the world] before us and gave us control.
"He placed freedom of choice in our domain and instructed us to choose the good, as Devarim 30:19 says, 'See, I have placed before you today life and good, etc.'… And if one will think that some non-human entity is more significant, let him show us the advantages, or some of them, which another creature possesses, for one could not find such a thing."
(Rav Saadia Gaon, haEmunot v'haDeiot 4)
חג אורים שמח,
Mordechai
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