A Daily Dose of Chassidus with Rabbi Shmuel Braun

Rambam, Foundations of Torah Chapter 1, Halacha 1

“The foundation of all foundations and the pillar of all wisdom is to know that there is a Primary Being who brought into being all existence. All the beings of the heavens, the earth, and what is between them came into existence only from the truth of His being.”

רמב״ם יסודי התורה פרק א, הלכה א
יְסוֹד הַיְסוֹדוֹת וְעַמּוּד הַחָכְמוֹת
לֵידַע שֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁם מָצוּי רִאשׁוֹן. וְהוּא מַמְצִיא כָּל נִמְצָא. וְכָל הַנִּמְצָאִים מִשָּׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ וּמַה שֶּׁבֵּינֵיהֶם לֹא נִמְצְאוּ אֶלָּא מֵאֲמִתַּת הִמָּצְאוֹ: