Day 25/50: HOW TO GET RICH QUICK

Day 25/50: HOW TO GET RICH QUICK

וְלָֽקְטוּ֙ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ לְמַ֧עַן אֲנַסֶּ֛נּוּ הֲיֵלֵ֥ךְ בְּתֽוֹרָתִ֖י אִם־לֹֽא

And gather what is needed for the day, so that I can test them, whether or not they will follow My Torah.

 

Most of us probably said Parshas Haman yesterday. Is there a connection between “Haman” Harasha in the Megilah and the Parshas “Haman”?

 

Chazal ask, “Where can we find Haman (Harasha) in the Torah?” And they answer, from the pasuk where Hashem asks Adam Harishon if he ate from the tree that he was commanded not to (“Hamin Ha’etz…”). Even though Adam and Chava had everything in Gan Eden, the Nachash convinced them that they wouldn’t be happy as long as they couldn’t partake of that ONE forbidden tree.

 

Now let’s think. What was the root of Haman’s great evil? There’s perhaps no place we can see it more than when Haman tells over to his wife and friends about his vast wealth, honor and many children, and then says: “And ALL THIS is not worth anything to me when I see Mordechai the Jew standing in the gate of the king!” Haman felt he had nothing if he didn’t have that ONE THING he couldn’t have. This is the same root of Adam Harishon’s sin, and hence the Torah hints to Haman Harasha by the sin of Adam Harishon.

 

Now here’s the amazing part! The Maan in the desert was a tikkun to Adam Harishon’s sin, as it says in the Torah “so that I may test them if they will go in the way of my Torah or not”. Hashem was testing us and teaching us to rely completely on Him, one day at a time. Each day we got exactly what we needed for that day, not a drop more and not a drop less.

 

What a powerful lesson this is for us in the struggle of Kedusha. Every time we say “no” to ourselves for something Hashem doesn’t want us to have, we are expressing the Emunah that Hashem is providing exactly what we need at all times. We needn’t have any illusions that we ought to partake of anything Hashem doesn’t want us to have. And when we live this way, not only does this constitute a tremendous tikkun to the sin of Adam, but as Chazal say, “Who is rich? One who is happy with his lot“, because he is always content knowing that Hashem is giving him exactly what he needs!

🌤️ Today I shall…

…work on living with the faith that Hashem provides everything I need, and let go of temptations that He doesn’t want me to have.