Rav Neventzhal shlit'a explains in his weekly Devar Torah newsletter the famous question of free choice: if Hashem runs the world then where do I stand with the "free choice" I supposedly have? He explains that there is a necessity for nature to act in the world Hashem created in order for an individual to have free choice. We are a couple of days away from Pesakh and the seven days of eating Matzah and revolving our actions around the exile of Egypt.
Nature is actually the BEST ingredient in Emunah and the free choice that every Jew has. If it wasn't for nature no one would be able to overcome the nisayon (spiritual obstacles) of choosing Hashem as the controller of every situation. For example with the Red Sea, in order for an individual to truly believe that Hashem split the Sea they needed to be challenged with the option that "the past 24 hours it was abnormally windy and all the news channels reported that there will be gusts over 70 MPH!" If Hashem would reveal Himself to us we would be joking about His presence. Imagine walking down the block and after each tree you pass Hashem "pops out" saying "here I am!"
So what was so special about Yetziyat Mitzrayim? Everyone knows it was leaving through 12 rows of land IN THE SEA after the splitting of the Red Sea. Hashem added the natural powers to the world JUST so people will say "It's nature" and "Hashem has no part to this!" How much more difficult does Hashem make our Emunah journey? Isn't it weird that Hashem brings in nature for us to get confused and potentially believe less in Him? Hashem should make it obvious that He is running the world! Why all the confusion?
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Hashem brings down NATURAL events in our lives in order for us to choose to believe that He is behind all the controls and buttons!
Judaism=Think.
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