All We Have to Do is to Try and Hashem Helps Us to Succeed!

 From “Torah Wellsprings” by Rav Elimelech Biderman, shlita

     We can accomplish so much more than we think we can. All we must do is try, and Hashem will help us succeed. 

    We read in Parshas Shemos, "Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe in the Nile. She put out her hand and took [the basket where Moshe lay]." The basket was far from her, but she tried, she did what she could, her arm grew many amos, and she was able to reach Moshe to save him.

     What would have happened if Basyah had thought, "The basket is too far away. What can I do?" 

The Rebbe of Kotzk, zt”l, said that we learn from Basya that Jews must always put forth their best efforts. We should never say that anything is impossible.

    We just have to try.

   "If you open up an opening the size of a needle's eye, Hashem will open for you a wide opening, like the opening of the אולם, of the Beis HaMikdash,” which was twenty amos wide." 

   When Hashem told Moshe to take the Jewish nation out of Mitzrayim, Moshe responded by saying that he could not speak properly because of his speech impediment. 

   Hashem replied that a speech impediment was not a reason to refrain from following His instructions. All Moshe had to do, Hashem said, was to try, and Hashem will help him to speak well.

   Hashem said, "And now, go, and I will be with your mouth."

    The Or HaChaim explains, "Until you go, there will be no reason for Me to heal you from your speech defect. But you should go on My mission, and when you speak, you will see that your speech impediment will be healed."

     When we follow Hashem’s missions, Hashem help us to succeed. 

     To improve our bitachon, we only need to put forth more effort and trust in Hashem, Who helps us to leap past our current madreigos. Hashem helps us in whatever we strive to reach to become closer to Him. 

For instance, the Gemara (Yoma 38) teaches us that Niknor transported two beautiful copper doors from Alexandria, Egypt, to Eretz Yisrael tfor the Beis HaMikdash. 

   But a storm at sea forced the sailors to throw overboard all of the ship’s heavy objects, including one of the doors. 

   The sailors were about to throw the second door overboard when Niknor jumped onto the door. Hugging the door, Niknor exclaimed, "If you throw the door into the water, then throw me in too." 

   Just as Niknor said those words, the storm subsided. When the ship arrived in Eretz Yisrael, the sailors discovered that the first door had been miraculously floating alongside the ship. 

    The doors that shone like gold were called Shaar Niknor (Niknor's entrance) and were later installed in the Beis HaMikdash. Eventually, all doors of the Beis HaMikdash were replaced with gold doors, but the chachamim said that Niknor's doors should remain in the Beis HaMikdash because of the miracles that occurred with them. 

      Niknor was moser nefesh to bring even just one door to the Beis HaMikdash. Why did he do that? What good would one door serve if two doors were needed for the entryway? The answer is, Niknor was moser nefesh to do what he could, even when it seemed that his efforts would not be sufficient, and Hakadosh Baruch Hu helped him.     

      Similarly, we must do whatever we can in Hashem's service. No matter what we think is beyond our reach, we must never think anything is impossible because Hashem helps us to succeed.