Why Did Hashem Create the World and Man?

Greetings and blessings, It seems your words come from a place of pain. If you were happy, certainly you would be grateful and praise Hashem for creation and be satisfied and joyful in its existence. I will, with Hashem's help, answer your question, but I ask you to also read the links provided afterward. Your question may be called "the question of questions," and therefore the answer is complex and not understood at first glance. I will try to describe it step by step: 1. Evil, as is known, always stems from a deficiency (selfishness, personal need), therefore evil inherently takes from another. 2. Good arises from completeness; therefore, good always gives. 3. He who is infinite and perfect has no evil or deficiencies. Because He is perfect, He must be good and do good. 4. Therefore, Hashem created the world, the animals, and distinguished from them the angels, to give them from His eternal good. 5. But Hashem's true good is closeness to Him, for He is the source of all good. He is the eternal infinite. 6. To draw close to the Creator, one must resemble Him. Whoever most resembles Him is closest to Him. Only one who is close to Hashem can enjoy true and eternal abundance. 7. This resemblance to the Creator cannot be based on falsehood or illusion, since Hashem is truth, and closeness to Him derives from true resemblance to Him. Therefore, falsity and illusion cannot connect creation to Hashem. 8. Therefore, Hashem created a unique being called man. Man alone received a divine soul, which is the most similar to Hashem, and thus was given the power to create and destroy through the power of Hashem. Even angels do not have the ability to resemble Hashem as man does. The sages said in the Gemara that Hashem fills the entire world as the soul fills the entire body. 9. All creatures in the world receive Hashem's good without choice, even the highest angels. Therefore, their closeness to Hashem is limited because they do not resemble Him. Man was tasked with the greatest mission—to resemble Hashem through his own free choice, which comes directly from Hashem. Man must choose truthfully by his own powers to resemble Hashem and merit eternal closeness to Him. 10. Therefore, man was placed in a world of darkness and trials, given a good inclination and an evil inclination, a divine will for spiritual meaning, and a soul's attraction to material. Through the Torah, man learns to integrate spirit and matter and to resemble Hashem. The highest resemblance to Hashem is to do good just as He does without seeking reward. Just as Hashem accepts nothing from man, so the greatest closeness to Him is in sacrifice and performing mitzvot "l'shem shamayim" (for their own sake), not for reward. This is the highest level of closeness to Hashem and the greatest power in the soul given to man, the power of love. The meaning of man's life is love. Thus Hashem revealed in His holy Torah (Deuteronomy 6:5): "You shall love Hashem your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your might" (even if He takes your possessions or your life—love Him with all your heart. This is the meaning of your life on earth). Hashem's purpose was to reveal Himself to man, to give him the manufacturer's instructions on good and evil so that man may fulfill the purpose of his life and merit the world to come. The purpose of creation was to establish a people who keep Hashem's will and merit true good. But most of the nations did not seek Hashem nor wish to sacrifice for Him. Hashem chose Israel because Israel desired Him and because of their forefathers. Hashem's main goal was to establish the complete man who observes His Torah, and therefore Israel is the chosen people, and anyone who seeks Hashem may join them. As it is said in the Torah: "You shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (Exodus 19:6). Israel is the divine kingdom, and the prophets foretold that when complete redemption comes, all the nations of the world will recognize the truth and live in world peace. Divine love and unity—this is the meaning of life. You may search on Google for the booklet "Shicha Goralit" for an extended explanation on this delicate topic. 

Blessings, Daniel Bels