The Grateful Parents Thanked Their Child's Rescuer and Gave Him... a Krembo

If everything is so just and clear, why didn't Hashem create the world so we could see and understand everything in this world?

Because faith is tested precisely when it's not understood – that's when it is done by choice

If we understood everything, we would behave like robots, we wouldn't be tempted to sin. Just as a person does not touch fire because they know they will be burned, people would not sin if the punishment were so clear and visible, and there wouldn't be a concept of lack of faith. There would be no work and trial to believe. And then there would also be no free choice. The world is not lacking justice, but justice is hidden so that we have the choice between good and evil, and thereby we will earn true reward in the world to come.

To receive true reward for the world to come

According to the holy books, a person does not like to receive a gift for free, it's uncomfortable to receive gifts every day... Therefore, Hashem, who so wants to do good for us and give us the true and wonderful delight in the world to come, put us here in the world and gave us spiritual work in this world – through observing Hashem's commandments. After one hundred and twenty years, we will merit to receive the reward for our labor in the world to come in a delight that we cannot understand with our small minds. But not from a feeling of eating the bread of shame, rather from a good feeling of a person who has worked for their reward.

Part of fulfilling our role here in the world is to accept everything that Hashem brings upon us with complete faith that it is for the good, and so Hashem created the world in such a way that not everything is clear and we do not understand everything, and then we have trials and challenges, and every perseverance and acceptance with faith that it is for the good is recorded in heaven to our credit, and after one hundred and twenty years, we will receive a reward that is indescribable. We cannot even comprehend in this world what the reward is, any attempt here to illustrate the greatness of the reward in the world to come is ridiculous.

A small child rode enthusiastically on his toy car at the edge of the road, and at the last moment, when the toy car and he were already in a dangerous position about to fall into the abyss of a nearby construction site, they were saved by a person passing by at that time.

The grateful parents held a thanksgiving meal, and wholeheartedly thanked the good person who saved their child's life.

They organized a grand ceremony from the heart, a lavish feast and a good orchestra, and at the end, they wished to give a token of thanks to the rescuer. Everyone held their breath as he was presented, with utmost respect... a package of Krembo.

How ridiculous these parents would appear in the eyes of the audience... after all, this person saved their child's life from certain death, and he deserves – everything.

The Creator of the world keeps the true reward for us for the world to come. There, we will receive treasures beyond our comprehension. But even in this world – the Creator does not remain in debt, he always lets us taste the fruits of our actions even here, but this taste is insignificant compared to the true reward awaiting us in due time. Much more than the difference between a package of Krembo compared to numerous bills of dollars...

To enable us to choose and to receive reward, Hashem created the world so that we do not see everything and do not understand Hashem's management, but we must strengthen ourselves with the knowledge that Hashem, who sees everything, governs the world in the best way, everything is scrutinized and everything is calculated with Divine considerations, with a view that sees the picture thousands of years ahead for the benefit of every Jew. No suffering comes for nothing, everything is for the good, and every trial has a purpose even if we do not see it.

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