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Daily Chizuk #1242
Parnasa / Money
Looking Back: Staying Calm in Livelihood Tests
Don’t Limit Hashem’s Capabilities
There is a claim against Noach that he should have prayed to save his generation like Avraham prayed to save Sodom. And for that reason, the pasuk calls the Mabul מי נח. The Midrash tells us: after the Mabul, Noach asked Hashem to never bring a Mabul again and Hashem agreed. Then Noach asked Hashem how he was able to destroy His beautiful world in the first place. Hashem replied, "Now you ask me that? You should have prayed before the Mabul that it shouldn't have happened."
It says regarding Avraham Avinu, he stopped praying for Sodom when he found out that there weren't even ten righteous people there. And the reason he stopped at ten is he learned from Noach, because by Noach there were only eight righteous people with him, plus Hashem. And that's why Noach didn't pray to prevent the Mabul. So, Rabbi Simcha Wasserman asked, based on this, "Why did Hashem tell Noach that he should have prayed to prevent the Mabul? After all, the rule is you don't ask to save a place on behalf of less than ten righteous people."
Hashem is unlimited and wants us to feel that way. And even if a person is not supposed to pray for an open miracle, he could still pray for Hashem to help him in a way that's not considered an open miracle. Hashem could do anything. It's up to us to believe it and pray with that Emunah and B’ezrat Hashem, we will see the greatest yeshuot.
There is a claim against Noach that he should have prayed to save his generation like Avraham prayed to save Sodom. And for that reason, the pasuk calls the Mabul מי נח. The Midrash tells us: after the Mabul, Noach asked Hashem to never bring a Mabul again and Hashem agreed. Then Noach asked Hashem how he was able to destroy His beautiful world in the first place. Hashem replied, "Now you ask me that? You should have prayed before the Mabul that it shouldn't have happened."
It says regarding Avraham Avinu, he stopped praying for Sodom when he found out that there weren't even ten righteous people there. And the reason he stopped at ten is he learned from Noach, because by Noach there were only eight righteous people with him, plus Hashem. And that's why Noach didn't pray to prevent the Mabul. So, Rabbi Simcha Wasserman asked, based on this, "Why did Hashem tell Noach that he should have prayed to prevent the Mabul? After all, the rule is you don't ask to save a place on behalf of less than ten righteous people."
Hashem is unlimited and wants us to feel that way. And even if a person is not supposed to pray for an open miracle, he could still pray for Hashem to help him in a way that's not considered an open miracle. Hashem could do anything. It's up to us to believe it and pray with that Emunah and B’ezrat Hashem, we will see the greatest yeshuot.
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