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Bereshit Rabbah reads Joseph going down to Egypt as scripted at creation, with the Divine Presence walking beside him all the way to Pharaoh.
Three losses in a single night left Rabbi Akiva in darkness outside a hostile town, and the next morning he understood why each one had saved him.
Joseph spent every coin he had on Shabbat food, and a Gentile neighbor tried to cheat the prophecy that Joseph would inherit his wealth.
The rabbis asked what God does all day. Matchmaking: announced in the womb, harder than splitting the sea, tracked across Torah, Prophets, and Writings.
A drowned man tells Akiva about the bread he once gave away. A snake on a killing errand lets Meir run ahead and stop it.
A trapped bird teaches Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai that Heaven speaks every pardon and every snare, and he walks out to purify Tiberias.
A moon punished and promised future glory, a wrestling match with an angel, a scandal that turned out to be a divine appointment. Heaven was running traffic.
