Good morning Bitachon of the day 💕
There are several fundamental differences between the concepts of seeing and hearing. Seeing is more reliable, while hearing is always questionable. This is why the Hebrew word for seeing, “re’iyah,” shares the same root with the word for proof, “raayah.” Witnesses must see an event with their own eyes; hearing isn’t enough (or at least doesn’t carry the same weight). As the saying goes, “seeing is believing”; when you see something, it is far more convincing than hearing about it. Furthermore, seeing occurs outside of oneself.
In other words, your experience of sight is perceived as something external, not something occurring within you. If you look at someone, you don’t perceive them to be inside of you but rather to be outside of you. Hearing, on the other hand, is something that you perceive as taking place within you.
Hearing is so subjective, because each person is reconstructing their own picture inside their own mind.
Experiencing a miracle firsthand sparks something that hearing about it can't quite ignite.
During my daughter's illness, she completely lost faith in Hashem's presence.
She struggled to understand how, if Hashem was always beside us, He could allow her to feel such suffering and endure what she was going through at such a young age.
She always said why her?
Deeply upset by it, I prayed and reassured her repeatedly during her difficult times that Hashem is always present and that He is the one who will help her feel better or not.
I emphasized that it was her path. Despite every miracle that occurred during her journey she remained skeptical.
Before she got sick, she was learning ASL (sign language) and had a strong connection to her surroundings. Learning with a deaf person heightened her awareness, making her observations even more intuitive.
A significant change happened after she experienced her own miracle, as I already told the story in one of my Bitachon, the cab driver story. Since then, she grasped that Hashem is with us, and His angels envelop us to protect and watch over us.
She required an extraordinary miracle to rekindle her belief. Despite hearing from me and others that Hashem is always here to help us, she needed something out of the ordinary to truly realize and understand who Hashem is.
Any individual moment of your life might seem meaningless, but held in context of your entire life, this moment suddenly shines with infinite brilliance, as it’s seen as integral and deeply meaningful; its true purpose and meaning becoming clearer.
As we can relate to the story of Purim, there were no open miracles; we had to connect the pieces ourselves and discern the miraculous within the natural to see Hashem within our world. In the light, you can see; in the dark, all you can do is hear. Pick up on every hint of clarity, put the pieces together, and form the image in your mind while still walking in darkness.
Rabbi Farhi in one of his class said something beautiful “In a moment of Simcha that we experience and feel, we unlock Hashem's handcuffs, made of our level of Emunah. Increasing our faith allows Hashem's handcuffs to unlock more. Hashem, in a sense, locked His own hands, believing that when we acknowledge His control, He can do anything for us.”
May we be tuned with all our senses to be close to Hashem, and let Hashem guide us through life Amen 🙏
Wishing you all a wonderful day ❤️