Our Relationship With G-D

Question:
Rabbi, If G-d is perfect, why did He create us?

A perfect being isn't missing anything, so why would He need us? And if He doesn't need us, is our life meaningless? Are we just some divine experiment?
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Answer:
You are absolutely correct: G-d, being perfect, was missing nothing before creation. There is no possible need, that this world can fulfill for Him.

He doesn't need anything. Therefore, creating us must not have been in order to fulfill a need. It was something G-d chose to do.

He doesn't need us, He wants us.
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What does G-d want from us?
The one thing He didn't have before creation, was a relationship, He was alone. What He wanted from this world, was a relationship with free beings.

So He created us, and gave us ways of connecting to Him - the commandments.
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But we can't say, that He needed this relationship with us. He may have been alone before creation, but he was still G-d - perfect and missing nothing. He didn't need a relationship, He wanted it.
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Does this make our life unnecessary? Did G-d make us just for fun?

No, on the contrary. When you have a relationship with someone, just because you need them (such as a cleaning lady, or a family doctor), then when that need has been fulfilled, the relationship ends.

The connection is dependent, on them providing a service; and will only last as long, as that service is needed.

But when you have a relationship with someone, simply because you want to, because you have chosen to connect to them, then that bond is intrinsic.

You don't love them; because of what they do for you' you love them, for who they are - and that is forever.
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G-d doesn't need us; He wants us. He didn't give us commandments, because He needs them to be fulfilled; but rather because, He wants us to unite with Him.

If we were created, because G-d needed us to do something, then once that mission was fulfilled, we would be useless.
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But G-d needs nothing; He chose to bring us into being, as a pure act of love.

That is the test of true love: if my beloved could no longer provide me with my needs, would I still love them, just for being my beloved?

By creating us, G-d answered- Yes!