9. It states (24:50) טוב או רע אליך דבר נוכל לא הדבר יצא 'מה ויאמרו ובתואל לבן ויען, "Lavan and Besuel said, 'The matter [shidduch] is from Hashem. We cannot speak to you either bad or good.'" The Rashbam writes that Lavan and Besuel said, ברצוננו תלוי הבניין ולא הסתירה לא, neither to break the shidduch nor to make is up to us. כי רוצים לא או רוצים כרחנו על, it will happen, whether we like it or not,שהיכולת זאת עושה ה"הקב כי בידו, for Hashem is doing this shidduch, and He has the ability."
10. Reb Chaim Brisker zt'l was asked to be the keynote speaker at a gathering of rabbanim before World War I. Reb Chaim gave a mashal of a person working at a fruit store.
"How much do the apples cost?" a customer asked.
"Three," the worker replied.
"And the grapes? How much do they cost?"
"Three," the worker answered again.
"And how about the cherries?"
"Three."
The customer went over to the owner of the store and said, "You will lose a lot of money due to your new worker. For every item in your store, he gives the same price."
The owner replied, "This worker is deaf and dumb. The only word he can say is 'three.' I wanted to help him because his father did me many favors, so I packaged each item in a way that the cost is three dollars. This way, I was able to hire him."
Reb Chaim Brisker concluded, "I also know only one word, and that word is Torah. Torah! Torah! Torah! I don't know any other word. So, whatever will be decided tonight at this asifah, it must be Torah'dig. It has to be according to the words and direction of the Torah."
We can use this story in regards to emunah in Hashem. A person can say, "I can't speak. I can't hear. But I can say one phrase: ומיוחד יחיד אחד, that there is only one Hashem, and everything that occurs comes from Him. That is all I need to know, and that is all I can say.
This is revealed by shidduchim, but it applies to all aspects of life.
