תלמוד בבלי מסכת יומא דף לח עמוד ב
R. Hiyya bar Abba said in the name of R. Yochanan: This world would have been created even for the sake of one righteous person. [Translation by Areyvut. Edited for gender neutrality]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. Why do you think the world was created?
2. According to this text, why was the world created?
3. Why would one righteous person be enough to justify the creation of the world, and all of the pain and suffering it contains as well? Do you agree?
Time Period: Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)