Is It a Problem for Hashem to Make a Pair of Kidneys Work Again?

At the beginning of my journey in matters of faith, I strengthened within myself the recognition that there is an all-powerful Creator who created this wonderful world, which includes so many details, and in each detail so many parts. This actually pushed me to want to serve Him with all my might and to learn the wonderful Torah that He gave to our forefathers at Mount Sinai. However, the more I delved into the topic of faith, I realized that I am still very far from complete faith.

Today, I understand that a complete believer knows that every movement we make and every shekel that enters or leaves my pocket, or any blow I receive, or even a kiss, is all decreed by the blessed Creator. As the Gemara brings in Tractate Chullin (7): "A person does not stub his toe below unless it is decreed upon him from above." Even a small blow a person receives from a hammer, it was announced in the heavenly realms beforehand that so-and-so will receive a blow, and they even announce why he deserves the blow.

How Will We Manage When the Kids Arrive?

Even at the stage when I knew there was a Creator of the world, I still felt economic insecurity. For example, I will describe my feelings then, before my eldest daughters were born, I thought to myself, and now that my wife and I are still childless, we barely manage to make ends meet, what will happen when children arrive, how will we manage? So I understood that I still had a lot of work to do, to internalize and understand that all the money in the world is in His hands, and indeed, the more I delved into the topic of livelihood, the more my recognition grew that I worry in vain, and it is better for me to worry about spiritual matters, such as how to pray better, how to study Torah better, and what I can contribute to the people of Israel, and to leave the financial worries to the blessed Creator because everything is in His hands anyway.

Headache = Acamol???

The more I understood that livelihood is in His hands, the more He helped me with abundant livelihood, until I reached a clear understanding that livelihood is from Him. And then I started to understand that in other areas, I still haven’t reached the level of a believer, such as in health. And I will explain my intention: In many cases, when I prayed to Hashem for my livelihood, I was answered by Him, and I received. Because of that, the feeling that livelihood is from above grew stronger in my heart. But in health, I feel not sufficiently convinced; can the headache I feel really pass without taking a pill? Only through prayer and trust in the blessed Creator. So yes, one needs to make an effort and take the pill, but a true believer knows that in the blessed Creator's hands, He can make the pain disappear in an instant. And beyond that, I found it difficult to believe that a person whom doctors say is in critical condition and has no chance medically, can heal completely and return to living like a normal person.

Until I decided in my heart that the blessed Creator deserves more than superficial faith, and I tried very hard to strengthen myself in this matter, that life and death are in His hands alone, and just as He commands billions of hearts to beat, so can He heal cancer diseases, and even restore kidneys that have ceased to function. In this way, I truly felt that the understanding was penetrating my heart that the true doctor is the blessed Creator.

Who Is Willing to Bet Their Money???

I remember about a month ago during a lesson I delivered, one of the participants asked that I pray for his brother who had a heart attack, and immediately thereafter a stroke, and is now in intensive care in a state of organ failure, meaning, both kidneys and liver have stopped functioning.

I stopped the lesson and asked the participants: Do we really believe that if we pray to the blessed Creator, the Jew will recover and stand on his feet? Everyone answered loudly, yes. Then I asked again, do you really believe? Of course! Everyone answered, are you willing to bet your money on it? - I asked again, naturally, there was silence, and then I said, "Gentlemen, let's make a simple calculation: How many babies were born today in the world? Millions, they answered loudly. That means millions of kidneys the Creator activated today alone, imagine how many hearts, livers, and lungs began to function today in humans, animals, and fish. Is it a problem for the blessed Creator to make one pair of kidneys work again? When I felt that I truly believed in the Creator's ability, I asked the sick man's brother to give charity for his recovery, because charity has the power to save from death, and only then did I bless him, and the entire audience answered Amen.

The next day I called the brother to inquire about the patient's condition, and he answered me, "Stable!" - I didn't give up and called again the next day, and I heard a voice crying on the other side. I asked what happened, the brother answered, "You won't believe it, the kidneys started working again, and the patient woke up and began communicating with those around him, after two days he was transferred from intensive care to a regular ward, and today, thank the blessed Creator, the patient has already moved to medical rehabilitation."

Correct Response to Someone Who Hurt Us

Another difficult test of faith is quarrels with family members, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, who often after they hurt us, we try to hurt them back or despair from making peace, etc. Sometimes it's hard for us to believe that the enemy can become a friend and that the situation can return to its former state. It is even harder not to be afraid of people, meaning the fear that perhaps someone will harm me, my livelihood, undermine me, speak ill of me to others, or, Heaven forbid, harm my body. In this matter too, the more we deepen the awareness that no creature in the world has the authority to harm and damage us in any way unless the blessed Creator gives permission for it. Even if the entire world wants to harm one Jew, and permission is not given from the blessed Creator, not a hair will fall from his head, and all their thoughts will return empty. Truly the only fear in the world should be of Him, blessed be He, or of transgressing His commandments. At the will of the blessed Creator, even the greatest enemies will make peace with him and turn into friends. Rabbeinu Bechaye writes about this in "Duties of the Heart," the Gate of Trust: The correct way to act when a Jew is caught in a conflict is to pray and plead with Hashem to forgive the sin for which he received this punishment, and not to hate or blame the other party. To understand that the pain doesn’t actually come from him, but from the blessed Creator, and after he tries to correct his actions that brought him this pain, he will see that Hashem will turn his thoughts on him for good.

How to Attain Wisdom?

A Jewish returnee spoke to me, someone who has been trying for over a year to understand the Gemara, but he still can't penetrate its depth of understanding, and he asked me: Is it better to give up the Gemara and learn easier things? I answered him thus: It is said in Proverbs (2:6), "For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding." All the wisdom that a person has received from the creation of the world until now has come through direct communication from the blessed Creator, meaning, that at every moment, a person receives wisdom from the source of wisdom.

For example, when a person is asked a very strong question and tries to find an answer, sometimes a worthy answer occurs to him, and sometimes he feels empty, unable to find peace of mind. There is no doubt that the answer is not found within the brain cells, but depends on communication from the blessed Creator who sometimes has mercy on us and gives us the correct answer in our thoughts, and sometimes prevents us from having it. Continue to learn, I concluded my words to the unsure Jew, and ask for mercy from the Creator that He may give you wisdom to understand the Gemara.

Many people feel that they have not been gifted with much wisdom, "What will become of me?" They say to themselves, "I don't even remember what I learned yesterday, so why should I invest in Torah study if I won't remember anything anyway? Maybe my son will turn out differently."

But the answer is simple: A Jew who knows that the blessed Creator gives life to a person anew at every moment, understands that a person's memory is in the blessed Creator's hands, and if you plead with Him to open your heart to Torah and believe fully that it is in the blessed Creator's power to open up the wells of wisdom for you in a single moment, you will see great salvations.

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