The Expanding Bag that Never Bursts: 5 Points to Ponder

'Special Water Bag'

If I take a plastic bag and fill it with water, and then continue to add more water, what will eventually happen to the bag? The bag will burst because it cannot contain all the water without tearing.

If we observe, we'll discover that our body has a similar "bag" of fluids, known as the "bladder," which stores filtered urine from the blood in the kidneys. Pay attention to the incredible phenomenon happening in our body:

The bladder, which looks like a bag, can expand while accumulating urine and doesn't "tear" inside our body. When it is filled to capacity, or almost to capacity, an automatic signal is sent to the brain saying, basically: "Dear, there's no more room here, please make sure the person takes care of this and empties me!" This way, a disaster is prevented in our body.

But the wonder grows even greater. Notice: As long as we are awake, we are aware of the urge to empty the bladder. But during sleep, what happens then? Are we doomed to perish? Rather, while sleeping, the signal to the brain about the need to empty the bag is so strong that it can even wake us up from sleep, allowing us to go to the restroom accordingly.

Think about what would happen if we didn't have a mechanism in our body that ensures the removal of fluids? What would happen if this exceptional mechanism wasn't operational both while we are awake and asleep? The answer is obvious.

Thank you to the Creator of the world, "the Healer of all flesh who does wondrous things!" (from the blessing "Asher Yatzar")

The Link Between Poverty and Life Expectancy

What do you think is the connection between poverty and a person's life expectancy? Do the poor live shorter lives?

Data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics shows that there is a positive correlation between the socio-economic level of a community and the life expectancy of its residents - the higher the socio-economic index, the higher the life expectancy.

But...
It turns out that this trend does not apply to several places where the socio-economic level is low, yet life expectancy is high! These places include Bnei Brak, Jerusalem, and Beit Shemesh.

What, in your opinion, is common to these three places?...

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A World in Itself

Billions of eye modules, thousands of ear fibers, millions of air cells in the lungs, millions of kilometers of tiny blood capillaries, the complexity of the kidneys, heart, lungs, and brain - all are contained within the human seed, which is visible only through a microscope.

In the tiny sperm cell is stored all the hereditary physiological knowledge, such as the anticipated height of the person to be born, eye color, hair color and type, skin tone, and body structure. Who then "engineered" the entire genetic code of man in such a perfect and meticulous way in a single tiny sperm cell?

Only a being of supreme intelligence, with limitless capability, could create something so sophisticated.

'Scissors Bug'

Have you heard of the 'scissors bug'? (In Hebrew, it's called "Tzavtan Nakud", but who calls it that?)

One day, I suddenly noticed such a roach on the ceiling. I took a broom and tried to knock it down, and then... boom! The roach fell from approximately 2 meters high onto the tiled floor. It seemed like it took a second to recover. Suddenly, it gave me a look that seemed to say "wait and see," and then continued on its way as if the fall didn't affect it...

I asked myself, how can it be that it moves? How doesn't it hurt? How isn't it dead? It doesn't have fractures or "concussions." How did it continue as usual? It's an amazing phenomenon when you think about it!

Notice: Cockroaches are resilient. Their body's structure is flexible - without bones that could break. That's how they survive. If they weren't built this way, they wouldn't survive in nature.

How can the tiny body of roaches be built in such a marvelous way to withstand such impactful falls? Who designed it so perfectly?

Beyond this wonder, we can learn an important life lesson from it. What is it?

It turns out that despite its small and fragile body, the roach is much more resilient and stronger than "the crown of creation," the human being. For if we were to fall from such a height, our fate might be very dire! We should learn humility and modesty from this and understand that in certain aspects, insects like roaches have been granted a structure that protects them, even if we perceive them as inferior and detestable.

25 Hours of Peace

I have a colleague at work who frequently criticizes religion and the Torah. I wanted her to experience the sweet taste of *Shabbat* and invited her to spend *Shabbat* with us, for the entire *Shabbat*, so she wouldn't desecrate *Shabbat* by driving to my house.

"I'm willing to come to you," she replied, "but only for a meal, because I don't intend to observe *Shabbat* for 25 hours!"

I told her: "What's the problem? My wife and I are hosting you - food, drinks, a bedroom especially for you, whatever you want!"

The girl replied: "I want to watch TV and use the phone, and at your place, I can't do that!"

I tried to persuade her: "You have a break of 25 hours from the outside world, 25 hours of peace and rest. Can't you manage without it? Is it so critical?"

"Yes," she insisted, "I'm not ready to observe *Shabbat* for 25 hours! And I want to watch TV and use the phone"...

I told her: "I don't understand you. Instead of enjoying the experience, you treat *Shabbat* like being in prison! Instead of wanting to take a break from the crazy week you go through, to clear your head for 25 hours from TV and phone, and enjoy real peace, you're just preoccupied with not wanting to observe *Shabbat* God forbid"...

It goes without saying that the girl refused to be my guest on *Shabbat*...

Friends, all her "anti" was because I asked her not to travel on *Shabbat*. But if I were to suggest she travel one day to a cabin in the north and disconnect from the outer world for a day, without a car, TV, and phone, she'd be enthusiastic and excited about the idea. But just saying the word "*Shabbat*" and she immediately opposed...

There are people who constantly look for ways to challenge and criticize the Halacha, without paying attention to what they say and what they mean. The simple understanding that if there is a Creator, He may have certain demands from them, frightens them, and so they prefer to deny the existence of the Creator of the amazing world we live in, against logic.

Conclusion: Those who don't want to believe in the Creator of the world, even if they are presented with thousands of witnesses and proofs, they will deny them all...