Zohar on Tehillim 8 - The Creation of Man
Tehillim 8:5
- "Mah enosh ki tizkerenu" - (What is man, that You should remember him).
When the Almighty desired to create man, the angels uttered these words: "Mah enosh ki tizkerenu?"
The Almighty summoned several groups of ministering angels and seated them before Him.
He said: "I have decided to create man."
They answered Him: "May man not be held in honor" (in the precious Garment of Light).
The Almighty extended His finger and burned them.
He seated other groups of angels before Him: "I desire to create man."
They answered Him: "Who is man, that You should remember him? What are his deeds?"
He said to them: "I desire to create man in Our image, and his wisdom will surpass yours."
(Zohar on Balak, Sulam, Tzvi Nisanzon)
