June 25, 2026
A community businessman once told me his fascinating story. His business was very successful, at one point supplying more goods to Target than any other company. At that time, 70 percent of his business came from Target. Then, one day, out of the blue, another company that supplied to Target decided that they would continue selling to Target only if Target purchased other goods from them, too. Target had no choice but to purchase for them. And thus one morning, this fellow received a phone call that 70 percent of his business was gone. That day, his father, who would come to his office from time to time, was there. His father noticed that he was upset. The son explained to him that the business could not possibly survive this. "Let me ask you just one question," the father said. "Is this problem bigger than Hashem?" The man told me that this simple question changed his entire attitude. He realized that his father was right. This problem, like every other problem, was not too difficult for Hashem to solve. Within a few short years, this fellow said, the business was doing far better than it did when Target was buying from them. Indeed, no problem is bigger than Hashem. With this story in mind, let us turn our attention to the story of Moshe hitting the rock. After Moshe's sister, Miriam, passed away, the miraculous well which accompanied Beneh Yisrael and provided water in her merit, stopped flowing. The people complained to Moshe, and Hashem commanded him to assemble the peop