Reply To: The Diabetic Man's Plight

Thanks everyone for your responses – now for the controversial part. Please take this as food for thought and NOT as an attack on anyone or any group of people!

Please re-read my original post and think about this: This is actually the story of the chareidi plight.

I understand this is not the perfect mashal/nimshal but… The diabetes is lack of basic secular education. The complications from the diabetes is poverty & associated problems. The medication is basic secular education & working for a living. The doctor is everyone who emphasizes basic secular education and working for a living.

As snowbunny said: “The doctor was acting as Hashem’s messenger”

As 147 said: “go & learn your Chumosh, and then observe it.” (the Torah is full of halachot of working, businness and statements about there not being Torah if there isn’t work, etc)

As Torah613 said: “Crazy story. If true, very sad, and I wonder why his family / Rabbi let it happen”

As wanderingchana said: “…could have been prevented by recognizing that doctors/psychiatrists are Hashem’s shluchim.”

As oomis said: “…we must also do our own histadlus to merit Hashem’s Divine intervention.”