In the zemiros of Kah Ribon (Friday Night), it states, אלפין שנין גבר יחיה לו. Rebbe Yitzchak of Vorke zt'l says that אלפין can be translated as alefs, which represents Hashem. גבר יחיה לו, a person should live, אלפין שנין, years of recognizing that everything is from Hashem, גבורתך יעול לא, then he won't suffer from gevuros, dinim, and hardships. His awareness that everything is from Hashem will protect him from all troubles and turn all problems into goodness.
This is hinted at in the first pasuk of the parashah (6:2): 'ה אני אליו ויאמר משה אל אלקים וידבר, "Elokim spoke to Moshe and He said, 'I am Havayah.'" Hashem told Moshe that your awareness that everything comes from Hashem will turn Elokim into Havayah – trouble into kindness.
This is also hinted in the pasuk (Tehillim 91:15) ואכבדהו אחלצהו בצרה אנכי עמו, "I am with him in distress; I shall rescue him, and I shall honor him." When you know that Hashem is with you when you are in distress, you will merit salvation.
It is known that Nachum Ish Gam Zu was called so because he would always say זו גם לטובה, "This, too, is for the good." But there seems to be a word missing in his name! His name should have been לטובה זו גם איש נחום! Reb Hershele Liska answers that זו גם implies that "This is also from Hashem." His awareness was זו גם, that the hardships he was enduring were from Hashem. With this awareness, automatically, everything becomes good.
The Kaliver Rebbe Shlita from America (may he have a refuah sheleima b'karov) taught the following beautiful vort: It states (6:5-6) אני וגם לכן ...אתם מעבדים מצרים אשר ישראל בני נאקת את שמעתי 'ה אני ישראל לבני אמר, "Also, I heard the moans of Bnei Yisrael that the Mitzrim are holding in bondage... Therefore, say to Bnei Yisrael, 'I am Hashem.'"
This can be translated as follows, "I heard that Bnei Yisrael say אותם מעבדים מצרים אשר, that the Mitzrim are enslaving them. They think it comes from the Mitzrim. Therefore, tell them 'ה אני, that everything is from Me, Hashem.
When Bnei Yisrael gain that awareness, the following words of the pasuk will transpire: והצלתי מצרים סבלת מתחת אתכם והוצאתי גדלים ובשפטים נטויה בזרוע אתכם וגאלתי מעבדתם אתכם, "I will take you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will save you from their labor, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments." This is because when we believe everything comes from Hashem, everything becomes chesed.
The Plague of Blood: Hidden Blessing
The Nile turned to blood, and all the fish died. This seemed like a problem for the Egyptians and the Jewish nation alike because one of the main staples in Mitzrayim was fish, as it states (Bamidbar 11:5) אשר הדגה את זכרנו חנם מצרים נאכל, "We remember the fish that we ate in Mitzrayim free of charge." It seemed that this makkah took away the parnassah, the livelihood of the Yidden. However, it was the opposite. The Midrash (Shemos Rabba 9:10) states, "The Jewish people became wealthy from the plague of blood. How? A Mitzri and a Yisrael were in the same house, and there was a barrel full of water. The Mitzri wanted to pour some of that water into his pitcher, but it became blood. The Yisrael was drinking water. The Mitzri said, 'Give me a little bit of your water.' He gave, but it turned to blood.
The Mitzri said, 'Let's drink together from the same bowl.' The Yisrael drank water and the Mitzri drank blood. Only when he paid the Yisrael for the water did he have water. This was how the Jewish nation became wealthy."
The Zera Shimshon discusses this to show that when we think we are losing, Hashem turns everything around and makes it good for the Jewish nation. The Jewish nation thought they were losing when the Nile turned to blood because there would be no fish, but they became very wealthy and had plenty of food to eat.
