Parasha Thoughts
By Rabbi David Cohen
If you will say: “What will we eat in the seventh year?” I will ordain my blessing. (25:19, 20, 21)
Sforno distinguishes between the baal bitachon, one who trusts in Hashem, who does not question, “What will we eat in the seventh year?” and he who questions. The one who does not question will, indeed, have less produce; however, its nutritional value will far exceed that of a regular year. He will have less, but he will require less. Less will be more. His seventh year will be covered by the produce of the sixth year, but in a manner unperceived by the unknowing spectator who will observe a regular yield that year. The believer whose bitachon is not as strong will ask the question and will receive a Heavenly response in the way of a greater yield in the sixth year. His crops will be plentiful – enough to last him through the following year. Nonetheless, these crops will be of normal quality, unenhanced by “Heavenly intervention.”
Hashem will always take care of us depending on the care we need. May we all be Zocheh to see Hashem’s hand and care in every facet of our lives.
Shabbat Shalom.