“And the hail hit in the whole land of Mitzrayim. And Moshe went out from Pharaoh from the city and spread out his pa lms to Ha shem. And the thunder and hail stopp ed and the rain didn’t reach the earth.”
Chazal ask: What happened to the hail? It froze in midair. And when will it come down? In the days of Yehoshua when he will fight with the Amori. And the remainder of the hail is waiting to come down in the future — in the days of Gog and Maggog. People have to prepare ahead of time. Store food plan for
the future … But Hashem? He created the whole world and is renewing it daily. So … why did Hashem have to save the hail until the days of Yehoshua? Is it difficult for Him to make new hail stones when needed? (Maayanei HaChayim Rav Chaim Zeitchik)
The taxi driver waits another half a minute until the meter jumps and then lazily turns it off. “That’ll be eighteen shekels Lady.” The “lady” is me tense and harried in the back seat. I pass him a fifty-shekel bill and wait for my change. Suddenly I see the bus I need to catch approaching the bus stop. “Please ” I implore “I’m in a major rush.” But the driver is busily sorting through his change as if he has all the time in the world. Finally he passes me thirty shekels and hesitates. That’s it. The bus is already pulling into my stop and I bolt from the car. The driver gained two free shekels — but I miss the bus. Oh well everything is from Shamayim I try to comfort myself. But I feel tears threatening. I had taken a taxi to the bus stop specifically to make this bus and now I’ll have to wait another half hour. My kids will get home meanwhile and they’ll be hungry and cranky. I look for my cell phone to inform them of my delay. But no phone. I left it in the taxi. This is one of those days. I try to give myself a pep talk. It should be a kapparah. But there’s no room to stand under the bus stop. The rain is trickling down my neck and I’m cold and wet. Things seems to be piling up on me all at once and I’m feeling overwhelmed. Inadequate. Everyone is counting on me to be successful in everything. Not to lose my cell phone not to waste money and to be home in time to make lunch. I need to be there to take care of their needs. But does anybody think of me? I know I have to thank G-d that this is not a major tragedy But right now it’s hard. Is there anyone who cares about my tears? Does anyone care that sometimes the daily grind gets too much for me? Yes. Somebody cares.
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