Ever heard of davening?

The gemara in Kesuvos says “הכל בידי שמים חוץ מצינים פחים ” – “Everything is from Shomayim except for cold sickness and heat sickness”. The מפורשים explain that it means that if you slept with a window open on a freezing night and wake up with pneumonia, the fault is on you.

Tehillim rallies are nice, but an ounce prevention combined with a pinch of סכל a dash of השתדלות would go a lot further to help our situation.

You are not suppose be matriach Hashem, praying for, for simething you are able to do by yourself, see the Beis Elokim.

I agree with everyone here – yes for davening, yes for hishtadlus, and yes for being open-minded…
on one hand, davening is better than burning tires and starting protests….
On the other, to protect Yserbius from being accused of insensitivity, we can look at the idea of “sheretz b’yado” – can we daven while doing averos (not just passively not doing hishtadlus …)?

Presuming that a plague is a punishment and lesson for us – we should at least try to discern the lesson and learn from them. Some of the “lessons learned” I heard are usually simply an extension of the speaker’s agenda, adding Covid for better taste.

“Do we really think Hashem won’t help us and only Tiachler et al will?
Apparently so, since so many ehrliche yidden in these neighborhoods prefer to ignore the pleas of local rabbonim and askanim and prefer to stand out on the streets at midnight with this obnoxious “activist” and yell gevalt and naziiiii and start dumpster fires. So much more effective….

To whom is this question being addressed to ?

CA,
You have a great idea. Gantz klal yisroel believes in the koach hatefilah, especially in the zmanim of ratzon of Elul and Tishrei.

Did you go to a Gadol or organization to suggest this idea?

If you want something done , just do it.

These events are usually not started by the Gedolim but are the result of an Askan who works to plan, coordinate and implement the event.

coffee, just contact whomever you consider a gadol, or ask your local Rav to consult whomever he consults. And then please report the answer here as this is the public matter. If you don’t receive the answer, you can post that also.

I might have dropped it by mistake. Let me check under the couch cushions.