Chullin (07b) No man bruises his finger here on earth unless it was so decreed against him in heaven, for it is written: It is of the Lord that a man's goings are established. How then can man look to his way?
Kesubos (30a) Everything is ‘by the hand of heaven’ except cold and heat, for it is said: ‘Cold and heat are in the way of the froward; he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them? Further, are lions and thieves ‘by the hand of man? Did not R. Joseph say. and R. Hiyya teach: Since the day of the destruction of the Temple, although the Sanhedrin ceased, the four forms of capital punishment have not ceased? ‘They have not ceased,’ you say? Surely they have ceased! But sayLions and thieves are ‘by the hand of heaven’, and cold and heat are ‘by the hand of man’.
Bereishis Rabbah (10:06) There is not a single herb but has a constellation in heaven which strikes it and says, ‘Grow as it is written, Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands on Orion
Chofetz Chaim (Shem Olam 1:3): Devarim (4:39) is concerned with Providence: You should therefore know this day and consider it in your heart the L rd is G d in Heaven above and on the earth below…. If any Jew is asked whether he truly believes that G d supervises the world, he will of course immediately reply that he believes it with perfect faith… However, when we look carefully into the matter, we will find that typically this is only parroting something he knows intellectually but it has not penetrated his heart and the way he conducts his life. If people really believed it then there would never be any stealing nor would there be any wrongdoing - even with speech. How could a person who believed G d supervises the world do the slightest sin since he realizes that G d will surely punish him even in the world?… The fact is that because of our many sins we have not brought the fact of G d’s supervision of the world into our hearts. This is what Moshe meant when he said “And you should therefore know this day”- that it shouldn’t be merely intellectual knowledge but should also be in your heart. This knowledge has to be implanted in your heart so that your actions are in accordance with this knowledge. … Similarly, even though G d has appointed a mazel over everything - as our sages say that each blade of grass has a mazel with causes it to grow - don’t think that G d has removed His supervision and simply left control to the mazel. In fact the mazel is not a power independent of G d which can do what it wants, G d controls all which is in Heaven and on the earth…
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