Supernatural solutions

A retired Rikers Island guard who thought he'd won $1,500 in the lottery got an amazing surprise when he went to cash it in -- the ticket was actually worth a cool $6 million.
Norris Henry, 76, of Amityville, LI, said the confusion came because his wife misread the numbers on his Oct. 14 Lotto ticket, leading him to believe he'd gotten only five of the six numbers.
When he showed his ticket to a lottery official, "She got a chair and told me, 'You better sit down because you might pass out on me,' " Henry said at a press conference yesterday.
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Rabbi K. Was preparing for this week's Tehilim shiur and came across an interesting thought.

"As for me, upon G-d shall I call and Hashem will save me." (Psalms 55:17)
Rabbi K. asked why the Psalmist used two different names for G-d in the above verse. One reason is that the numerical calculation of the word "Elokim" is the same as the word הטבעִ(the nature) while the word "Hashem" signifies that G-d was, is and will always be. "Hashem" is beyond the natural laws.
He further learned a unique explanation to the saying that earning a living is as difficult as the parting of the Red Sea. When the Israelites reached the waters, they prayed to G-d to save them. They never imagined a supernatural salvation like having the waters split for them. So too, when it comes to earning a living, sometimes our parnassah comes from unexpected sources and from somewhere we could never have imagined, with our limited human thinking.
The very same evening that Rabbi K. had been preparing his shiur, a man from Israel came to the rabbi's door and poured his heart out that he had no job and was collecting money for his family.
Two days later, the man met the rabbi and told him his problems had been solved. He had met a man in the synagogue who had arrived from Israel a few days before. When he found out about the man's situation, the Israeli stranger offered him a job.
The rabbi was flabbergasted. It was as if the hand of G-d directed the two men to meet in a synagogue in Europe, thus providing the auspicious outcome for the poor individual.
The lesson for us is clear. We shouldn't despair. With our limited understanding, we can't see a way out of our problems. We pray to "Elokim" but "Hashem" answers, in a way that is completely unexpected, like winning a lottery.