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Daily Chizuk #1246
Parnasa / Money
Beyond the Diagnosis: Hope in the Face of Illness
What Hashem Hid
The pasuk says in Kohelet, את הכל עשה יפה בעתו גם את העלם נתן בלבם, and Chazal are doresh the missing vav in the word העלם/world to mean that Hashem hid from Man something very important about the world. He makes our hearts feel that this world is the main purpose of Creation.
It’s only through the Torah that we are able to understand that this world is just a vestibule, a path to get to the Next World. One day, Hashem is going to turn the lights on, and we will see with our own eyes what we thought was so important was really הבל הבלים. The only thing that matters is our performance of Torah and mitzvot.
In this world, there are a lot of questions. It seems like bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. Why is this person financially successful and that one isn’t? Why is this person married and that one is not? Why does this one have children and that one doesn’t? All of these are very strong questions in the reality that the main purpose is for this world. But once someone knows there is a much bigger picture and this world is just a drop in the bucket compared to the Eternal World, then the questions aren’t so strong anymore.
We are now living in the End of Days. We can all contribute to making the ultimate tikkun in emunah by purifying our hearts and trusting in Hashem. B’ezrat Hashem, that will give us the zechut to merit the great light of Mashiach bekarov.
The pasuk says in Kohelet, את הכל עשה יפה בעתו גם את העלם נתן בלבם, and Chazal are doresh the missing vav in the word העלם/world to mean that Hashem hid from Man something very important about the world. He makes our hearts feel that this world is the main purpose of Creation.
It’s only through the Torah that we are able to understand that this world is just a vestibule, a path to get to the Next World. One day, Hashem is going to turn the lights on, and we will see with our own eyes what we thought was so important was really הבל הבלים. The only thing that matters is our performance of Torah and mitzvot.
In this world, there are a lot of questions. It seems like bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. Why is this person financially successful and that one isn’t? Why is this person married and that one is not? Why does this one have children and that one doesn’t? All of these are very strong questions in the reality that the main purpose is for this world. But once someone knows there is a much bigger picture and this world is just a drop in the bucket compared to the Eternal World, then the questions aren’t so strong anymore.
We are now living in the End of Days. We can all contribute to making the ultimate tikkun in emunah by purifying our hearts and trusting in Hashem. B’ezrat Hashem, that will give us the zechut to merit the great light of Mashiach bekarov.
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