Gratitude - R. Yaakov Rahimi - TorahAnytime.com

Mosherenu did not actually initiate Makam Maka and Makim. Why? Because Dam Mashenu had to hit the water and because the water the river saved Mashen when he was a baby. Don't forget that his mother put him a little basket and the water saved his life until Batya the daughter of Per came and took him out. So be says Rashi because water saved Moshe Rabenu when he was a little baby. Now mashenu cannot go and damage the water and turn it into blood. So when it comes to that came out of the water you can't damage it. And so too when it comes to the lice the lice is from the ground from the mashenu has gratitude for the ground to the to the sand of the ground. How? Because mashenu killed the mit the evil Egyptian with hashem's name whatever it was you want to say he killed him. Where did he bury him? You buried him under the ground. to the ground saved him. He was able to hide this mitzvi this Egyptian. So Mashenu even though it was many years back Mashen now has how can you damage the ground and turn all the little small uh speck of sand into lice. You're damaging the ground and the ground did you a favor many years back when he buried the Egyptian. So even though that's a very famous midrash, the one I just said over, try to take a step back and think about this for a second. We're talking about regular natural things. Regular the water did its job like any other day. The water just flows and everything just floats on top if it's light enough. So Mash Rabenu was a baby floating on top of a basket. Nothing special was done only from Mashenu. But still we learn from here how much Hashem expects from us not to damage things and hurt things that did us good once upon a time in our life. Even water with Mashenu. So when it comes to the ground, the ground did nothing special. burying the Egyptian. Any other person could have done that too. The ground would have helped him as well. It wasn't only done for mash. Nothing out of the ordinary the ground did for mash. But still, Hashem is teaching us when somebody does something for you, even something that's natural, even something that's a do that doesn't move like the ground of the water that's not considered a human being or an animal, if they did something good to you, do not damage it because you got to have a to. You have to make sure to have gratitude.