| The joy a person’s closeness to God generates is twofold: not only does he himself experience joy, but God too may be said to experience joy when a person believes in Him.
When one who is trapped inside a body and unable to perceive the Divine is ensconced within a society He consequently experiences a double joy: his own joy at being close to God, and God’s joy at being close to him. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz |