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therefore able to see the danger the little boy could not. What she saw that Yoni
couldn’t was that there was a racing car avoiding the stop sign, flying down the
road headed directly towards the corner intersection little Yoni was ready to run
into. Due to the fact that little Yoni was unable to see the racing car, she knew she
needed to take initiative at all costs to save his life. His mom’s reaction was out of
pure love and concern for the safety for her child.
Sometimes we feel that Hashem is punishing us and we have no idea why.
However, if we are patient and can look deeper into the situation we will find
it is only because we cannot see the speeding car racing down the street to the
intersection. Like Yoni, who was clearly frustrated at his mom for taking his
sidewalk playtime away from him, sometimes we do not know why bad things
happen to us. Together we need to know that Hashem sees it all. Hashem is Yoni’s
mom on the top of the building. He sees the potential danger toward the corner
of the intersection. Yoni, and Am Yisrael as well, just need to be willing to listen
and accept the voice screaming, “STOP!!! STOP!!!”