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Daily Chizuk #0937
Weekly Parasha
The Value of Struggle: Passing the Tests for Perpetual Reward
Parashat Balak: Always There For Us
We have a mitzvah every single day to remember that Balak and Bilaam tried to wipe out our ancestors in the desert. The mitzvah is to remember that Hashem did not get angry all that time, so that the curse of Bilaam would not be able to take effect. The Shelah HaKadosh writes, this miracle was even greater than Yehoshua stopping the sun for 36 hours, which was a change affecting the entire system that Hashem put into creation. The reason is, because there it was a created being causing a change to another creation, but here, the miracle affected the way Hashem Himself acts. It was not just a change in the lower worlds; it was a change in the highest Upper Worlds. And it was all because of Hashem’s love for us.
We have to remember on a daily basis that Hashem acts the same way for every single individual. At that time, the Jewish People did not know what kind of danger they were in, so they couldn’t even pray to protect themselves. Hashem was showing us that although when we are able to make a hishtadlut to be saved from danger, we have to do it, but when we are unable to, because we don’t know about that danger, we are exempt. And Hashem will protect us without us having to do anything.
Hashem is always there for us. If we remember this every single day, we even get a mitzvah for it.
Shabbat Shalom!
We have a mitzvah every single day to remember that Balak and Bilaam tried to wipe out our ancestors in the desert. The mitzvah is to remember that Hashem did not get angry all that time, so that the curse of Bilaam would not be able to take effect. The Shelah HaKadosh writes, this miracle was even greater than Yehoshua stopping the sun for 36 hours, which was a change affecting the entire system that Hashem put into creation. The reason is, because there it was a created being causing a change to another creation, but here, the miracle affected the way Hashem Himself acts. It was not just a change in the lower worlds; it was a change in the highest Upper Worlds. And it was all because of Hashem’s love for us.
We have to remember on a daily basis that Hashem acts the same way for every single individual. At that time, the Jewish People did not know what kind of danger they were in, so they couldn’t even pray to protect themselves. Hashem was showing us that although when we are able to make a hishtadlut to be saved from danger, we have to do it, but when we are unable to, because we don’t know about that danger, we are exempt. And Hashem will protect us without us having to do anything.
Hashem is always there for us. If we remember this every single day, we even get a mitzvah for it.
Shabbat Shalom!
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