At the end of the creation, we find that God is surveying His handiwork, and things are less than they appeared at first.  What has changed?  Are we forced to conclude that the addition of mankind has diminished God’s handiwork?

 Man alone is capable of veering away from its designated purpose.  Paradoxically, it is precisely due to this freedom — that man is made “be-tzelem Elokim,” “in the image of God” — that the human being is incomplete and therefore cannot be called good.   Creation ends with an indeterminate and ambiguous ending.  The question of how mankind will utilize its freedom and capabilities begins.

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Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion , 4