06-01-2024, 01:59 AM
(05-31-2024, 05:31 PM)OlKorekt Wrote: Sh'lom dear forumers!
What is Gentiles' meaning of life?
Thank you for that important question. I could interpret it in two ways. I'm not sure which one you meant, so I will respond to both interpretations.
(1) What is a Gentile's purpose in life?
This is bound up with the question of G-d's purpose for the creation of the physical universe, since the universe in general - and the planet Earth in particular - was created for the purpose of being inhabited by human beings. And the overwhelming majority of human beings are Gentiles.
We have previously addressed this question in three parts: Why are we here, what is the purpose of life, and what is G-d's plan?
Please see our web page https://asknoah.org/faq/what-is-the-natu...es-purpose
(2) What does life mean for a Gentile?
As a matter of course, each individual (Gentile or Jew) decides what life means for him. There is a Chassidic story which illustrates this (quoted in the book HaYom Yom compiled by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, entry for the 6th of Cheshvan):
"When the [Alter] Rebbe wished to bless [Reb Yekusiel Liepler] with longevity, his answer was: But not 'peasant years' – men that have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear, who do not perceive G-dliness nor do they hear G-dliness."