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“I find it somewhat ironic that Hashem arranged davka on his yohrzeit that large parts of the jewish community in the east coast are relying on private generators rather than electricity.”
I find this absurd. Firstly how do you know what Hashem davka did or didn’t do? Are you privy to the way He decides what happens to each country/person?
Secondly, according to your reasoning – what exactly is the message supposed to be? The Chazon Ish was niftar today 49 years ago, so Hashem is causing a small segment of a different generation of Jews in a different country where the Chazon Ish’s psak is not nogeiah, to make use of some machines that are used to circumvent the halachic problem the Chazon Ish had. Oh – and at the same time, agav, lots of people will die and billions of dollars lost.
Let’s stop trying to guess what Hashem is doing every time something happens. That’s what we had Neviim for and others with Ruach Hakodesh.
For now, let’s just keep His Torah – that’s all He ever asked for.