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[blond_streak]

Philosophical question that popped into my head today:
Love means giving to the other.
You are supposed to love G-d.
But what can you give to G-d? He doesn't need anything. He gives everything to you.
So what's the answer?

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[long_sleeved87]

When you give, it's Lav Davka because they need it. He doesn't NEED our prayers! But still, He wants it, and anyway He commanded us to love him... So, it all works out, doesn't it??

[sunflower_sky]

OMG. I've just been contemplating the same question for the past few months.

I came to some conclusions--some rather strange and some less so. The strange one is that sometimes, agreeing to take what you are given is a form of giving. It's giving someone gratitude. Sometimes giving gifts is more fun then getting them, from the satisfaction of giving... but then again, it still fills this need humans have to give, and God doesn't need anything. He IS giving. He IS love

[ninabrujaha]

We show love by doing what He's told us to, I believe. That's giving of yourself.

[happy_platipus]

No He techinically doesn't need anything according to our definition of the word need. But in His own G-dly way (lol) He has some sort of 'need', or thats the closest thing that we can call it anyway, and thats why He created us in the first place. He has some sort of 'need' to give, and therefore He created the world and gave us the torah and therefore by receiving what He gave us with joy we are in a since 'giving' to Him.
But thats just my gross oversimplification of kabbala concepts that I don't understand.