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Daily Chizuk #1060
Weekly Parasha
Home through Merit: Accepting Commitments for Divine Help
Parashat Va'era: The Lesson Of The Makkot
In this week’s parasha, Va’era, we read about seven of the makot which Hashem brought upon the Mitzrim. The Ramban says one of the lessons we are supposed to learn from the makot is that in the same way it was obvious that Hashem was behind those open miracles, it’s also supposed to be obvious that Hashem is controlling the world through nature as well. If a person’s roof is leaking, it is Hashem who caused it to happen. If a person’s car got dented, it was Hashem who made it happen. If a person made money through a business deal, it was Hashem who made the deal for him. And whenever a person receives any type of help from another individual, it was Hashem who brought it about. Each time a person experiences any situation in life and he attributes what happens to the workings of Hashem, that is included in the mitzvah of אנכי ה' אלוקיך אשר הוצאתיך מארץ מצרים.
Although one could look at this and say, “Yeah, that just happened to be,” she is fulfilling a mitzvah by believing it was all done by hashgacha peratit. The more we accustom ourselves to seeing the yad Hashem in everything that happens, the more we will be fulfilling the main purposes of Hashem’s performances of the makot in Mitzrayim.
Shabbat Shalom!
In this week’s parasha, Va’era, we read about seven of the makot which Hashem brought upon the Mitzrim. The Ramban says one of the lessons we are supposed to learn from the makot is that in the same way it was obvious that Hashem was behind those open miracles, it’s also supposed to be obvious that Hashem is controlling the world through nature as well. If a person’s roof is leaking, it is Hashem who caused it to happen. If a person’s car got dented, it was Hashem who made it happen. If a person made money through a business deal, it was Hashem who made the deal for him. And whenever a person receives any type of help from another individual, it was Hashem who brought it about. Each time a person experiences any situation in life and he attributes what happens to the workings of Hashem, that is included in the mitzvah of אנכי ה' אלוקיך אשר הוצאתיך מארץ מצרים.
Although one could look at this and say, “Yeah, that just happened to be,” she is fulfilling a mitzvah by believing it was all done by hashgacha peratit. The more we accustom ourselves to seeing the yad Hashem in everything that happens, the more we will be fulfilling the main purposes of Hashem’s performances of the makot in Mitzrayim.
Shabbat Shalom!
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