The Gemara (Megillah 10b) tells us that whenever the Tanach uses the word ויהי, and it was, it is always a sign of something painful. By contrast והיה, and it will be, is always a sign of something joyful. How do these words carry this symbolism?
The Radziner Rebbe explains that when something has not yet come to pass its possoibilties are endless. The future contains great potential as things have not yet happened there is great potential. Potential carries hope and optimism for the future. By contrast once something has occured it is set in stone. There is no longer any potential, what it is, it is, and it will be nothing more.
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