In the final chapter of Sefer Madregat HaAdam, it says that the proper Bitachon is to try, as much as possible, to ignore the intermediaries and focus as much as you can on the direct source, and to understand the concept of הרבה שלוחים למקום-G-d has many messengers
He discusses the manna that come down from the heavens, which is one of the fundamentals- it’s one of the Ten Remembrances; G-d says to remember that man doesn’t live on bread alone. And lest one think that it was only in the generation of the desert, we see that when Yirmiyah gave Mussar to the Jewish people because they were spending too much time working and too little time learning, he took out the jug of manna, and told them, “Look at this.” He didn’t say, “Listen.” He showed them the manna and told them that it was what their forefathers lived on in the desert. And he told them that G-d would do the same for them, because
הרבה שלוחים למקום-G-d has many messengers
The Elder of Novardok then asks why i G-d brought manna down from the heavens? Why not give them something more down to earth? They had “bread” falling from the heavens! It was completely supernatural, not at all logical, and it didn’t follow any of the norms. It didn’t have protein, or calories or anything like that.
Why did G-d do it this way?
The answer is that any thing that has to do with human intellect, we can excuse away. A person can hear the craziest Hashgacha story in the world, and yet come up with some coincidental, logical explanation for how things worked out or lined up that way.
So, when Hashem wants to teach us a lesson, He does so in a way that leaves no room for ifs, ands, or buts, no doubts, no questions, no wiggle room.
G-d made this lesson as clear as could be, because of the way human beings are-we looks for ‘outs’ when we don’t want to believe something. We all have a little bit of Paroah inside of us, and as Rambam tells us, Pharaoh symbolizes the Yetzer Hara.
When trying to teach Paroah a lesson, Moshe had to be so careful when he spoke to Paroah. He had to say that the firstborns would die “like midnight” not “exactly midnight,” in case the Egyptian’s clocks were slightly off, because if that was the case, and they thought the firstborns had died at 12:02 am rather than 12:00am exactly, they’d say, “See? Moshe is lying,” even if everyone had died as predicted. They’d claim that it was 12:02am and thus not from Hashem.
If someone can find some little hole or breach in the armor, that’s enough for them to dismiss the miracle. So, in order to make the lesson of the manna as clear as possible, Hashem brought down something that had no human, logical basis. This was to show us that even today, Hashem can bring about salvations, and take care of problems, in supernatural ways that are unheard of.
I heard a story about somebody who is currently in the hospital with corona. There are various medicines currently available, but they are not so easy to come by. This man’s doctors had a meeting to discuss whether it was worth it to give this medicine to him. He is in his 70s, and they thought that it might be better to save the medicine for someone younger.
There just happened to be a nurse present at this meeting, whose father was hired by this man, almost 50 years ago, when he lost his job for because he was Shomer Shabbat.
The nurse was aware that this patient had given her father a job, and she confronted the doctors at the meeting, threatening to whistleblow, report them, and open a case against them if they didn’t give the medicine to this patient! And so, they did.
What a crazy story!
But this is how G-d works. He works behind the scenes, in ways we will never see or know. We have to believe that to this day, things are only happening from G-d.
That’s the rule. -הרבה שלוחים למקום-G-d has many, many messengers.
Therefore, the main focus always has to be on the משלח Who sent the messenger?
That’s who we have to focus on, and that’s the name of the game of life. We have to practice this constantly, and realize that it’s not the doctor, or the medicine, or even that nurse. She was the messenger. G-d prepared it all 50 years beforehand.
קדמה רפואה למכה
The cure comes before the sickness
Whether it’s a physical, spiritual or financial problem, or a shidduch.... whatever the problem might be, the source of all healing, and all salvation, is Hashem. He can make it happen in ways we could never dream of. He makes people meet up, and pulls the strings at all times. Our job is to realize that, to remove the veil covering Hashem, and see him in our lives.
Have a wonderful day.