The Laws of Nature vs. Divine Providence โ It's Our Choice: Near the beginning of the first berachah before reciting the Shema in the morning, we praise Hashem by saying the following: ืึผืึฐืืึผืืึน ืึฐืึทืึตึผืฉื ืึฐึผืึธื ืืึนื ืชึธึผืึดืื ืึทืขึฒืฉึตืื ืึฐืจึตืืฉึดืืืช (and in His goodness, He renews [mechadesh] every day, constantly, the work of creation). Further, toward…
We are in the seven weeks of comfort and consolation leading up to Rosh Hashanah. During the first Shabbat of these weeks, we read the haftarah of Nachamu which begins with the quintessential verse of comfort (Yeshayahu 40:1): ื ึทืึฒืืึผ ื ึทืึฒืืึผ ืขึทืึดึผื ืึนืืึทืจ ืึฑืึนืงึตืืึถื (Comfort, comfort my people, says your G-d). Itโs worthwhile asking two relevant…
In a recent article How Transparent is Your Aspaklaria? we explained how ืืืื ืื ืื ืืืื [middah kโneged middah] is a gift from the Holy One blessed be He. If we pay attention, especially to the โnegativeโ or unpleasant things that happen to us, we should be able to understand the deficiencies, shortcomings and weaknesses in…