Bitachon 210 - Real Bitachon Real Results

You're listening to the 210th edition of the podcast. We are in the puzz of persem. Those who fear Hashem, they will trust in Hashem. Hashem is their helper and protector. As I pointed out last week, the last letters of the first four words is yud, the letters of Hashem's name. Those who fear Hashem, what are we after? What are we looking for? If we're trying to be from those who fear Hashem, we're after finding Hashem. Sometimes we see it afterwards. Sometimes it's at the end of the word. But that's what we're after. looking for Hashem in our lives, inviting Hashem into our lives. That's when we start to see Hashem in our lives. We start to see that we're protected. The red says, "Who are the people who are called those who fear Hashem?" [Music] These are the wise people who lock themselves up in the in the house of Hashem because they want to study his Torah ask. They're involved in wisdom in order to know Hashem. They're looking to try to understand how do they get a relationship with Hashem? How do they do Hashem's will? How do they bring Hashem into their lives? The is teaching us that those who fear Hashem, those who are seeking, trying to understand Hashem's will, trying to understand Hashem's word, they're looking for Hashem in their lives. They're in the in order to find that they will be able to figure out from their wisdom, from their seeking that there's no one upon whom to rely except for Hashem. There's nobody else. There's no one else. There's nowhere else to look. All other things that seem to be helping us, maybe at best they're agents of Hashem and at worst they could be something to trip us up and lose our faith. But no matter what there's nothing but Hashem brings here from the that was the brings from the he brings that it seems to me we find that the brings he speaks at length about this idea adas. Do we need to dotas? We're going to get a little bit into our age-old question. Do we need to put in efforts? What's the ideal? Is it ideal to to so to speak partner with Hashem, put in efforts, or is the ideal to let Hashem do everything? So, we do find as we find by Yoseph, that's what that para is talking about. we find by Ysef or actually maybe it's not it's it's probably talking about Jacobu that he sends the gifts to to Asov in order to appease him right is already going to be the story. So although we do find that people do even if they're righteous, he speaks at length about the fact that really that's not what looks like looks like you do everything. I'm not I'm not going to try. I'm not going to do it. I'm leaving it for you. It seems that the truth is that somebody who has reached a very high level spiritual greatness and that's how I like to translate the word means perfection but person who's reached the level of spiritual greatness doesn't really need any efforts it's almost forbidden for him to do like it was a mistake for him to do it because the person completely trusts He's not doing it out of laziness. He's not uh you know, he's not being irresponsible. That's not the word. That's not what's going on. But Hashem, of course, he knows human beings. He knows that we're human. He knows that we're imperfect. We can't always be on a high level of it's just not sustainable for most of us. Therefore, the Torah says that you're allowed to do efforts. You're allowed to take an action. Look at what the Ramban writes in. We find the tells us that if a person causes damage to somebody else and they need a doctor, so you pay the doctor bill. The Ramban understands that what's a doctor doing in the house of someone who serves Hashem by going to a doctor just dive into it's going to get better says that we see from here in this that we have permission to go to a doctor. A doctor has permission to heal. And I would also say perhaps as Hashem gives power to the doctor. You go to a doctor, he has hashem's power in him and he's able to heal. The idea is that the truth is if a person was on a very high level of righteousness till the point that Hashem cures the sick like the classic story with alter walks into the doctor gets a prescription he walks out of the doctor he throws out the prescription and the students ask him what why'd you go to the doctor and he says You got to know what you're holding. You got to know what you're having be talking about, right? Really, the the ideal is just trust in Hashem. You're going to be well. You wouldn't have needed a doctor. Realistically, we're human. We're working on We don't always We don't always have it. It's not always there. Therefore, the Torah says that if a person wants the sick individual wants to go to a doctor, you're allowed to go there and there's permission for the doctor to heal. And this is true about any kind of any situation where a person puts an effort I know myself. Sometimes I'm on the level. Sometimes I got it. Sometimes I feel Hashem's going to help me and it comes. Other times I'm just not holding there. It's a dynamic where we're up and down with our if that's the case. So then he has permission. Listen to the language. He has permission to do. It's so important the language because we have to know where we are. People think it's a mitzvah to do. It's not. I'm sorry. People think it's a mitzvah to do. It's a mitzvah. It's not a mitzvah to do. It's a ruse. You're allowed to. If you're not holding on the level, you're allowed to. But the higher level is that you don't do any. You don't put in any effort at all. The very efforts that you do, you leave it to Hashem to do the efforts. Hashem can I don't need to create a channel to receive Hashem's wealth, guidance, anything. Hashem, you send it to me. I got to still look out for it, right? I got to open my hand to receive it. says when it says those who fear Hashem trust in hem helps them he protects them thee is so great those who fear God those who are on the level of real on the highest level of they don't need to do anything they don't need to put in any efforts Hashem shows shows himself shows himself to be their protector, shows himself to be their helper. So you can have someone who's on the level. I know of some people like this, they can just trust in Hashem and the thing happens. They just trust and it happens. And some of us are not to that level or not always to that level, let's say. So we're allowed to dotadas. We're allowed He brings here from He brings the says in who amongst you fears Hashem enters into the base And we're doing this now and we're asking I mentioned last week that uh that we should try and there's a call from Iarish to try to give focus to feel for Israel. He says a half an hour. If you could do it, great. But at least we're saying we're saying every day, three times a day. Say a little slower is our brothers, all of the the house of Israel who are who are given into a place of pain and captivity. Hashem have mercy on them. Slow it down. Think about the words. Focus on it. But is we're here. We're hashem says we're saying we're saying redeem us. Take away our enemies. Bring back our captives. There's a little conversation that goes on. Do you fear me? Hashem says, "You want me to redeem you? Do you fear me? Right? Says, "Look, we got to be honest. We're not we're not on that level." As it says in the beginning of this paragraph in in us, we don't have it. Do it for your honor. me. Trust in my name. Trust in my name. Hashem says it's an amazing thing. The say in chapter 50:10. If if Hashem asks you because you're asking for help and you're asking for redemption, Hashem asks you, "Do you fear me?" And you you can't answer honestly that you that you're in that place. Hashem says, "Don't worry. Just trust in my name. You can get in there by trusting my name." This is what the is hinting to us. Right? that we fall in as we said previously that when it comes to the idol worshippers so those who make the idols those who worship the idols they're like the idols the idols get destroyed and the people who are involved in idolatry that could be today all kinds of isms right what does it mean what is it going to be when is this general thing going to happen that all of the isles are going to be destroyed. The dependence on money is going to be destroyed. The dependence on on anything outside of ourselves except for Hashem, even on ourselves, all that kind of stuff is going to be eradicated. It's just going to be alone. It's going to be so clear. It's just him. When does that when's that going to happen? It's talking about the times of redemption. when Msiah comes right I would say as we get closer to Msiah more and more there's talk about amuna and because more and more we are pining to recognize and and live a life that's dependent on him that's saying you know we're close so what happens when that moment hits all of the idols fall on us. What happens? The idols fall mdish is built. The children of Aaron come, the kohanim come, the priests come and they're going to bring the sacrifices. How do we get through to that place? Where how do we get into that space? It depends on us being hashem. It's me and you guys. It's it's the ones who are trying to have a real relationship with Hashem. We're the ones and and we got to spread that to others around us. Can't just keep it to ourselves because this is the key says this is the key to get into the times of Msiah. And if a person is not doesn't merit doesn't have the opportunity per perhaps to sit and learn in the base to plume the depths of the wisdom of Hashem to find that fear of Hashem but at least the key into the key into the destruction of the idols and the key into us having a real relationship and finding that Hashem is the one running our lives is It's through. It's reminding ourselves over and over again. It's Hashem. It's Hashem. It's Hashem. There's nothing else. It's just beautiful piece from the from Palagi. Okay. The says and explaining our those who fear trust in our our sages said never base. Interesting. He points out it doesn't say when it's when it says by the kohanim it says B the house of Aaron is called B is the house of Israel but when it comes to the Hashem those who fear Hashem it doesn't say Bashem the house of those who fear Hashem why says you know who the Hashem are who are those who fear God. These are the righteous converts. They don't have any natural way of protecting themselves. They don't have a house. They don't have a family background within the Jewish community. They don't have any support system naturally. And and who who is their support system? They walk in. What an incredible sacrifice a G makes. A righteous convert walks in. He he throws away his life. He throws away his family. He throws away his past. And he walks into the Jewish people and he says, "I don't have anybody, but I have you, Hashem. I have nothing. I have nobody. I just have you, Hashem." If they just place their faith in Hashem, they don't have a house, they don't have a background, they don't have any support system, but if they place their faith in Hashem completely, Hashem protects them. They're no different than anybody else in Kal is the basar, the the priests, they have a family. The the rest of Kalisrael, they have a family. They have a support system. The the one who fears without a support system that person has then they're protected. When a person calls out in Hashem's name, they're saved through their has that power. All of the support, all of the houses, all of those things that we think we need, all we need is Hashem. Finally, here on this says one of the most lofty of levels. In order to get into that place, you got to build it up. You got to climb. You got to climb the previous steps. Go on the previous levels in order to reach to that great lofty level. When you learn the which classically speaks of there are other and there are other gates to pass through first. It's not the first chapter in the book. It goes through levels in the people of Israel trust in Hashem. The priests trust in hem. Those who fear trust in in order to to rise up to the level of you got to build on what you have before there's a certain m there's a certain level of the hamonam the general populace of the Jewish people and there's a deeper level of those who are the kohanim who are the liaison between am and keshu and there's an even deeper of the Hashem. Where is it headed? All of them are headed towards people of Israel have their own level. The house of and those who fear Hashem according to their level. But he says an amazing thing and this is important. This is really important. There's reaching a level building up to but there's also that that that a person can find before he's gotten to any level before he's done any work so to speak in hisem it's possible to have levels of before as well how do we know that this is true because we find that there's a before the is given right became and gave give us the Tyra. When did the priests become priests after the Tyra was given? When did we become like we said at the beginning who are studying the Torah? But what about before there was the Tyra? Were there any people who had beaken? There certainly were. Huh? Like we say in the blessings of our father, our king, please do for us because of our forefathers our do it for their sake because of their we say and afterwards they were taught the statutes of life. So you see that there is not only that but that is so awesome. It's so great. It's so exalted. It's this of that. It's the merit of that allows a person to receive the Tyra. That's what gave amus. That's the point of what's going on in Avar. So it's an incredible thing. How did they get that? They didn't get it from studying Torah, which of course is a powerful way to get. They didn't get it from being priests, which of course is a powerful way to get like we've been speaking about. How did they get it then? One of two ways that I would say, one way is that they saw, they were looking for, they were seeking Hashem and they found Hashem, right? That's what means. I found Hashem. I have a relationship with God. I know I can depend on him. But I want to say another another thing and both of these are true and both of these happen. I can attest to it. The other way is that Hashem just drops a gift. And what that looks like is that you don't expect it. You don't know what's going to happen, but Hashem gives you the parking spot. Hashem, you're not even haven't been talking in that moment. Just gives it to you or you have a feeling like something's going to something good is going to happen. It's going to be good. It's going to work out. You just have that feeling. And Am Israel has that feeling. We're so close to Gula. We have that feeling. Something big's going on. And it's a sign for us. And it's a for us and it's something that helps us merit the thing that we're waiting for, the gula, the salvation, the Yeshua that we're we're pining for. Thank you so much for listening. See you again next time.