Small tidbits and Sparks of wisdom

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Introduction
Worrying is often seen as a natural human reaction. But from the perspective of Torah and authentic Jewish thinking, it is far more than that. Worry is the product of a mistaken worldview — one that assumes ownership, control, and responsibility over things that were never truly in our hands.

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Ownership vs. Illusion
When someone worries — about their children, their income, their health, or the state of the world — it usually stems from one assumption:
“This belongs to me.”

But Torah teaches the opposite. Nothing belongs to us. Our children are Hashem’s, our wealth is His, our lives are in His hands. We are temporary custodians, travelers passing through. The only thing we truly possess is our free will — our ability to make moral, correct choices in how we respond to life.

Everything else — results, outcomes, people, governments, companies — are outside our control.

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Worry is Energy Wasted
Worrying drains the soul. It diverts our strength from where it’s needed most: deciding how to act. Worry paralyzes; it does not empower. It feeds on the illusion of control and leaves a person spiritually weakened and emotionally hollow.

Our job is to act responsibly, honestly, and with integrity — and then to let go. Hashem is the One running the show. Not you. Not your boss. Not the market.

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Worry and the Fog of Deception
This world, Olam HaSheker, is filled with illusions. The greatest of them is the lie that man controls the world. That with enough effort, planning, and worry, we can manipulate outcomes.

The COVID-19 era exposed this illusion clearly. Even in the medical field — especially among Orthodox Jews — two very different mindsets clashed.

One camp, heavily influenced by secular scientific training, advocated intense and aggressive human effort: constant intervention, maximum caution, and a belief that results depended solely on human action — even if it meant suppressing emunah.

The other camp, composed of doctors and medical professionals grounded in Torah, never lost sight of the truth:
“הַכֹּל בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם” – Everything is in the hands of Heaven.

Yes, we act. But we act only as shlichim — agents of the Divine. The results belong to Hashem alone. And the level of effort required depends entirely on one’s level of emunah. The greater the trust, the less action is needed. This is not laziness — it’s clarity.

Those trained in secular cycles of thought were more inclined to over-assert human power. But this led to anxiety, confusion, and ultimately fear — because they were placing their faith in fallible, limited man.

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The Torah Way: Respond, Don’t React
Torah doesn’t advocate passivity. It demands action — but only within the boundaries of trust. You are commanded to respond with moral clarity, not to react with panic. You are responsible for your choices, not the outcome.

As Chazal teach in Berachos 60b:

> “כָּל מַה דְּעָבֵיד רַחֲמָנָא לְטַב עָבֵיד”
“All that the Merciful One does is for the good.”

That means the world is not falling apart. It is unfolding exactly as Hashem intends. Worry is not just wasted energy — it is a sign of inner confusion, of forgetting Who really owns everything.

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Conclusion
You don’t own your house. You don’t own your child. You don’t own your future. Hashem does. And the more deeply you live with that truth, the more peace you will find.

Worry is not a virtue. It is a spiritual drain — a signal that you’ve mistakenly taken responsibility for something that belongs only to God.

The Torah life is a life of responsibility without anxiety, action without panic, and trust without delusion.

Let go. You were never in charge anyway.