(ט) כִּי֩ יְדַבֵּ֨ר אֲלֵכֶ֤ם פַּרְעֹה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תְּנ֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם מוֹפֵ֑ת וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֗ן קַ֧ח אֶֽת־מַטְּךָ֛ וְהַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ לִפְנֵֽי־פַרְעֹ֖ה יְהִ֥י לְתַנִּֽין׃
(9) “When Pharaoh speaks to you and says, ‘Produce for yourselves a marvel,’ you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and cast it down before Pharaoh.’ It shall turn into a serpent.”
And there is what to say here with the help of Heaven. Behold, a principle of religion and a fundamental foundation is that a human must strengthen himself with complete faith that everything that happens to all of humanity is simply personal divine providence directly from The Blessed HaShem.
As we can see in the words of the Rambam that a person with faith lives a life filled with life!
And if a person wants to live a life of tranquility and peace, he must believe that HaShem personally oversees all that happens, and if you do not believe in this, your heart will eventually become saddened, since you will never be able to console or calm yourself over your finances and general situations you find yourself in. And if perhaps you have to now travel to somewhere far away for the need to make money thats not ideal for you, you will come to question HaShems attributes, G-D forbid, and by thinking that way, all the days of your life will be filled with suffering and agony, may there be mercy upon you. And this is not the way of living life, rather it is incumbent upon a person to strengthen themselves with faith in person divine providence, and to know that everything comes from The Blessed One, Whom is the reason of all reasons, and it must be that these things are unfolding for a reason from above which is for the inevitable and eternal good.
And I saw to explain the following teaching from the sages -
..Rabbi Elazar says: From the Torah, from the Prophets, and from the Writings one learns that along the path a person wishes to proceed, the heavens leads and assists him in that path!
'a person wishes to go in the path of his choosing, BUT, isn't it he already guided from Heaven? [So how can a person have his own wants with his own path outside of whats meant for his path]
And the main thing is that a person must know that comprehension of reality is beyond us in regards to the ways of and the greatness of The Creator Blessed be He. And as it's brought down in the writings of the Rambam, may he be remembered for eternal life, that the purpose of knowledge is that you should know that you don't know! Its incumbent upon humans to know that its beyond them to comprehend the greatness and the ways of the Creator Blessed be He, with no limit and boundary, and this is the fundamental principle of faith.
And his heart rages against the LORD.
(23) The steps of a man are made firm by the LORD, the desired path is prepared for man
No more will we ride on steeds;
Nor ever again will we call
Our handiwork our god,
Since in You alone orphans find pity!”
As my father my mentor and Rabbi may he be remembered for eternal life says, in regards to when we say the Ani Ma'amin prayers -
אֲנִי מַאֲמִין בֶּאֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵמָה שֶׁהַבּוֹרֵא יִתְבָּרַךְ שְׁמוֹ הוּא בוֹרֵא וּמַנְהִיג לְכָל הַבְּ֒רוּאִים וְהוּא לְבַדּוֹ עָשָׂה וְעוֹשֶׂה וְיַעֲשֶׂה לְכָל הַמַּעֲשִׂים:
I believe with complete faith that the Creator, blessed is His Name, is the Creator and Guide of all created things, and He alone has made, does make, and will make all things.
And with this concept we can explain the words of the Prophet Jeremiah -
Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom;
Let not the strong man glory in his strength;
Let not the rich man glory in his riches. (23) But only in this should one glory:
In his earnest devotion to Me.
For I the LORD act with kindness,
Justice, and equity in the world;
For in these I delight
—declares the LORD.
But Moses our teacher, may he be loved by Heaven had already said -
