Welcome to the Daily Chizuk (encouragement). I was in the breakfast room in Shul (synagogue) the other day, and there were some people sitting there and eating breakfast. One guy commented to his friend. He said he was eating nuts because they were good for the heart. A man from out of town was listening to them, and he commented, "What? Nuts are good for the heart? Kesef (money) is good for the heart. The only thing that's good for the heart is money." The guy kept going on, saying, "If you want health in this world, you need kesef. All I care about is money. The doctors don't take our tefillot (prayers). They only take kesef." I couldn't believe the words coming out of this guy's mouth. You could have all the kesef in the world and the greatest doctors in the world, but without tefillah and Hashem, it's all worthless. Hashem is the doctor. You don't need to pay him any kesef.
We say every day, "You are our healer." Hashem is Hashem is Hashem is... Someone told me a couple of days ago that he had a major health problem. He had to urinate every five minutes. He went to a few different doctors, and nobody could help him. He finally found one of the top doctors in the world. The doctor told him, "Unfortunately, you're going to have to go the rest of your life with a bag attached to you." The man went home that night, went into a room, and started to cry to Hashem. He said, "Hashem, please, you heal me." He said, "I accept upon myself to learn how to say the Asher Yatzar (Who formed man), and I will say it the proper way for the rest of my life." The next morning, the problem was gone. He went back to that doctor. The man told me the doctor's name. He said I could go ask the doctor. The doctor said he had never seen a miracle like this in his life.
The Pasuk (verse) says, "I am Hashem, your doctor." The same guy said that two years ago, his son had a terrible wart on his fingernail, and it really looked disgusting. His son was embarrassed to walk around with it. He would always hide it and make sure nobody saw it. They also went to a lot of different doctors. Nobody could help him. Some doctors burned it off. It came back. Other doctors froze it off, but it came back. They went to a top doctor, and the doctor said, "I could try something. I could cut off the entire nail, but there's only a 20% chance it won't come back." The father told his son, "Forget about these doctors and start praying harder to Hashem. Hashem's going to take care of it." The father said he was praying so hard, "Hashem, please show my son that you are the real doctor." He said that a week later, the son woke up one morning and the wart was gone.
We say in Refa'enu (Heal us), Hashem is Rofei Rachaman ve Ne'eman. Hashem is merciful and trustworthy. And I saw the question: Why is this such praise? There are doctors who are also merciful and trustworthy. And the Baruch She'amar (Blessed is He who spoke) says, "No, many times it's impossible for a human being to be both Rachaman ve Ne'eman (merciful and trustworthy). If the procedure is going to be painful, then the doctor has to make a choice. He could either be Ne'eman (trustworthy) and do it anyway, or he could be a Rachaman (merciful) and not do it. But Hashem could always be both. He could take away the sicknesses with no procedure and no pain, and it will never come back. He's truly Rofei Rachaman ve Ne'eman." And it's not Kesef that you need; it's Hashem that you need for health. Have a great day.