Parnassah is Not “Because of This Thing”:
Rav Yehuda Tzvi of Stutchin zy”a (Sefer Degel Machaneh Yehuda) writes that there are people who think their livelihood depends on “this thing.” For example, they think they are supported by their inn or the wine they sell. If they lose the “thing”, meaning they lose what they perceive to be their source of livelihood, they think that there is no hope for them. They don’t believe that Hashem can send them parnassah in another way because their emunah is week. The Torah is referring to such people when it says that they do not believe in Hashem due to “this thing.” They lack emunah by believing that they can only be supported through “this thing” and not by Hashem Himself.
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