to the One who said "enough,"
in the beginning, the stretchy strings of the universe
grew and grew,
stretching further and further,
threatening to go on forever,
growing past,
beyond what we knew,
beyond what we could handle,
an infinite stretch with no end.
until you said "enough."
and now, the suffering of the world,
seems to grow and grow,
ever increasing, expanding,
growing past, growing beyond
what we thought we knew,
what we thought we could handle.
where are you to say, "enough"?
miketz, eish kodesh, december 9, 1939 we know from the midrash (genesis rabba 5:8), that the name "God almighty" (in Hebrew, El Shaddai) is interpreted by our sages to mean "God who said 'Enough' to the universe." the implication is that if God had not said "enough" to the world, it would have continued to expand and evolve infinitely.
what really happened at the creation of the world is beyond our grasp, but this could perhaps teach us something about the present and our current circumstances. God created the world so that His sovereignty should be revealed through it. but since he created the world to run according to the laws and designs of nature, through cause and effect, there are times when a lengthy delay occurs while a situation evolves and develops before salvation comes and God's sovereignty is revealed. an example of this is when God's salvation and sovereignty are revealed through His healing of the sick. since salvation and healing are camouflaged and dressed in causality, they may take the form of a particular medication or a particular doctor. the doctor must pay his visit and the medication must be purchased, etc. and so the whole process develops and evolves. but when, God forbid, the sick person is in so much danger that he will not survive while the process take its time to evolve, then the Holy One, blessed be He, says "enough" to development and evolution. then the salvation and the sovereignty of heaven are revealed immediately and straight away.
this is also the case with other forms of deliverance. when the Jewish people are unable to withstand their troubles another moment, and to continue while this nation is defeated or that nation is victorious, then God says "enough" to the developing situation and saves them immediately.
אבל נודע ממדרש רבה בראשית פרשה ה' שאל שדי הוא שאמר לעולמו די שאלמלא אמר די היו נמתחין והולכיו מה שהי' אז בעת בריאת העולם אין לנו השגה אבל לעניננו מרמז כי ד' ברא את העולם כדי שתתגלה מלמותו ית' על ידי העולם וכיון שד' ברא את העולם שיתנהג בסיבה ומסובב ודרך טבע לכן יש לפעמים שהעובדות נמתחין והולכין מתאחרים ושוהים עד שהישועה באה ומלכותו ית' מתגלה למשל כשד' מרפא לחולה מתגלה ישועתו ומלכותו ית' עי"ז אבל כיון שהישועה והרפואה מתלבשת בסיבות לכן באה על ידי איזה סם על ידי איזה רופא וצריך הרופא לבוא וצריכים להביא את הסם והדבר נמתח והולך אבל כשח"ו החולה כ"כ בסכנה עד שלא יכול להתקיים עד שיהיו נמתחין והולכין אז אומר הקב"ה די להמתיחה וההמשכה רק תיכף ומיד יושע ומלכות שמים יתגלה וכן הוא גם בשאר ישועות כשאין ישראל יכוליו לעמוד בצרותיהם עד שזה יכבוש וזה ינצח אומר הקב"ה די להמתיחה ומיד יושעו.
