Money and Redemption

February 25, 2009

It's all about money. It really feels like that now. The economy is not doing good. Neither are businesses. People are being laid-off. What's it all about?

Money. What's the news? Money.Money is now the spiritual target. It's been in the cross hairs for a while and it has suffered major setbacks. Apparently, it's losing the battle.Why is this so?Our Rabbis tell us, that prior to Moshiach’s arrival, money, and material value, will be all but destroyed;

Am Yisrael especially, would become poverty stricken (c"v);
and food shortages and hunger would abound.
All this, in order to bring about the redemption.

The Pasuk says "ki ata am ani toshiya" - for You (Hashem) will help (redeem) a poor nation.If we do not merit the redemption through our actions, through our trust in Hashem, through our realization, that He and only He is in charge of all matters; that there is no "nature"; there is no "normal"; everything is a complete miracle (Ramban on the Torah);

then, G-d forbid, we will be forced to come to that realization, when anything we previously relied upon, would be taken away from us.
Money is what we all have come to rely on. Someone is considered "set", if they have money.

The USA was considered the safest place physically, economically, politically. Yet all that has seemingly changed overnight.As we approach Purim, we are reminded that Hashem hides behind the "mask" of nature. And directs it all - to save us, and redeem us, from the hands of the wicked.