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Today, 15 Kislev, is the yahrtzeit of Yehudah HaNasi ztk’l. Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi was the editor of the Mishnah in its final form. He is referred to as “Rebbi,” Teacher par excellence, and as “Rabbeinu HaKadosh,” our Holy Rabbi. Light a candle in his memory. May he serve as an advocate on high for Klal Yisrael, Amen!
How do we clarify the teaching that when Hashem ‘creates’ a miracle for us it is deducted from our ‘eternal reward account’? Chazal teach us that this refers only to the person who makes a distinct separation in his mind between nature and miracle. Let us delve further.
When we see this world as two separate powers, the force of nature and the concept of miracle, and make a request before Hashem that ‘qualifies’ as a miracle, measure for measure we need to ‘pay’ Hashem for ‘troubling’ Him to make a miracle. However, if we truthfully live with the idea that everything is possible and it is all comes from Hashem Yitborach and there is no such thing as natural or miraculous means, than we are in fact making a simple request which is not a ‘big deal’ for Hashem to bring about. That being the case, no ‘payment’ is required and Hashem does not have to create an unusual chain of events to fulfill our request.
This is a remarkable insight that can be further understood by the following example. If I was in distress over not being able to make my mortgage payment this month under ‘normal’ circumstances, my anguish is the result of my inability to see my salvation through any other means but natural conditions which are not present. My hope is limited to rational thinking and the means by which the rescue may come about is constricted to that which I think is possible.
However, if I contemplate the endless options of how Hashem may send me a yeshua, some of which I have no ability to even fathom, I am connecting to limitless ways by which I will be able to make my mortgage payment. In fact, because I believe in that which I cannot comprehend or see, Hashem Be’H will likely bring about the solution to my problem from a place that I least expected or knew existed.
You see, I am connecting to infinite possibilities since Hashem is limitless and kol yachol (able to do it all). The more I trust in HaKadosh Baruch Hu, the further He will reveal to me the never-ending possibilities to resolve my hardships.
