[Avodah] Should you go to the best surgeon?

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:53:28AM +0300, Marty Bluke wrote:
: The prevalent hashkafa today is that not even a leaf falls without it being
: a gezera min shamayim and that hishtadlus has no effect, it is just an
: illusion. Hishtadlus is just so that we avoid nisim guyim (see Michtav
: M'Eliyahu, Chazon Ish Emuna UBitachon and others). If so, shouldn't bringing
: the top surgeon be too much hishtadlus and a lack of bitachon? ...

By this line of reasoning, going to work every day is too much hishtadlus.
Instead, I should shnorr a dollar a week and buy a lottery ticket.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha