Every year we renew the story of the plagues of Egypt and the exodus from there, and all this for the purpose of one purpose: to instill in our hearts that God is the Creator of the world, rules over everything and manages everything according to His will alone. He is the sole landlord of the world – today, just as then – everything is in his hands and under his exclusive control.
Rabbi Rotstein, the father-in-law of Rabbi Ben Zion Felman zt"l, bought land with a partner in Tel Aviv. They decided to build on the land. They invested a lot of money and in the middle they found out that they had run out of money. They borrowed a lot of money, And since they were in debt, they decided that they had to sell the building in order to repay their debts. They found a buyer' – the Histadrut wanted to buy from them at a great price. Rabbi Rotstein approached Maran the Chazon Ish with his partner and asked whether to sell to the Histadrut, who were willing to pay an excellent price. The Chazon Ish told them that under no circumstances would they be sold to the Histadrut because they hold events on Shabbat and desecrate Shabbat.
Rabbi Rotstein and his partner did not know what to do. No one else wanted to buy from them and they were under tremendous pressure. After they reached the point of death, they turned again to ask the Chazon Ish.
"I want to give you a gift, a little parable: A man walked in the desert, the heat was terrible, like a hot stove. He was very, very thirsty and there was no water. When he could hardly hold on, he suddenly hears a stream of water pouring out. He approached and was disappointed to discover that it was contaminated sewage water. He was debating what to do? Should he drink and pollute his body? Or die of thirst.? Until he came to the conclusion that if he did not drink, he would certainly die, but if he drank, the body would become contaminated, but there was a chance that he would overcome it. He drinks from this terrible water. And now, after a few steps, he finds a spring of living and pure water... The man said to himself: "How foolish I was! What have I done to myself?! I drank contaminated water and now all my bodies are bacteria... I feel bad... And the reason." ... The Chazon Ish said to them: "Know that this is how the world is governed, when we are in trouble, and the time of salvation has already arrived... And here we find sewage water, even though it seems that now the rescue has arrived, you have to know that you always reach a spring of living water a few steps later... And when you find them, you will regret why you sold them to Shabbat violators."
Rabbi Rotstein and his partner decided that they were strengthening their faith and not selling to Shabbat violators, and then Salvation comes. The municipality changed the "Town Building Plan" of that area, and the area became a sought-after commercial area. Prices went up, they rented out the building at a very high price, and they became very wealthy. They got to see with their own eyes what the Chazon Ish said: "A Jew must know that a spring of living water always comes before a spring of living water." What this means is that every Jew must know that even when he is very stressed, one should not despair, but rather take a few more steps forward with strong faith, and then salvation will come.
