Commenting on this scene from Exodus, when G-d demonstrates power to Moses:
"And the Lord said furthermore to him, Put now your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom; and when he took it out, behold, his hand was diseased, white as snow."
"And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it from his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh." (Ex. 4: 6-7)
Raba (or according to others Jose b. R. Hanin) noted that "The dispensation of good comes more quickly than that of punishment [evil]."
Why? Note the language: when his hand became leperous:
and when he took it out, behold, his hand was diseased
That is, it became white after he took it out and observed it.
But when it was cured:
and plucked it from his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh
It was normal before it was removed!
Nice to feel that G-d's presence comes faster than absence.
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