“And ELOKIM saw all that He had made and behold it was very good…”
Hashem obviously knew it was very good before He created it. And it follows that He knew it was all very good after it was created. So what does is this passage coming to teach us? Reb Avigdor Miller ZTZAL explains that this teaches us the we must emulate Hashem and look at all He has done and realize that it is all very good. This explanation has very far reaching ramifications. However, at least when Hashem gives us the great gift of rain we shouldn’t call it “bad weather” like the idiots do. Rain is life to this world, so why is a rainy day a term for a gloomy one. Rain is beautiful and wonderful.
Rain has another purpose which I understood this Shabbos, as Baruch Hashem it was pouring most of the Holy Day here in Jerusalem. Rain keeps the bums (as well as “bumeses”) off the streets. Usually, the Geulah area is packed with low personalities during Shabbos, making a Shabbos stroll in these areas very disconcerting. However, thanks to the rain, they were nowhere to be seen. Gadol Yom HaGshamim!
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If a hurricane kills 10,000 people can I call it “bad” weather then?
Legitimate Question.
The answer is as follows:
First of all in general people call any weather that they can’t go out and do whatever they want (usually sins) as bad weather. Hence, a rainy day is gloomy. This was the intention of our original post.
Regarding your hurricane question:
If there were righteous individuals who were included in the 10000 casualties, yes we must morn for them. But if the 10,000 were wicked people like gays or other evolutionists we must be VERY happy that Hahsem has done away with such terrible people. I know exactly where you are trying to lead this, and we don’t have the space to talk about it now, but my answer is authetnic.