Bitachon 192 - Two Paths of Bitachon

you're listening to the 192nd edition of the B podcast and I told you last week that we would explore the safer EV is from salant who speaks about the two types of B the two different approaches to be talken one with hisas one without hisas we spoke extensively over the over the years about the approach of the altar of naric the approach of the the alter of the vtic prefers that we not have any we don't do any efforts we just rely completely on hem he was a student of R salant so let's see what R salant himself says he's coming to explain two different MIM that seem to imply some kind of contradiction our sages tell us in par korak in a med that korak who came to fight and to set up a revolution against mosha raenu he came from a certain from certain stock he was a great wise individual and he was one of those who carried the Aron he actually was amongst the kohanim the I'm sorry the levim the Levites their job was to carry the Aron as the sanctuary would move from place to place so individuals were needed to actually carry the the vessels that were used inside of the mishan so korak was among those who carried the AR which was a very high and esteemed job it's not so clear the fact okay we explained a little bit it was a very esteemed act but it's not so clear why that the fact that he was involved in carrying the Aron why would that be something that should cause him to argue with mosha can look explains it over there in the that's one M the second says prous says praiseworthy is the one who makes hem the one he trusts he places trust in hasem z y so the measure starts off by saying that this is y y was somebody who placed his Trust on hem he was when he was working for for potifar and he was in the house of potifar so he was constantly asking hashm for help Master saw that he was successful and yet second part of the P says that a person is to trust in hasm and not places his trust in anything else z y that's also referring to ysf so he asked help he asked for help from the sarkim from the cup barar of pharaoh please remember me didn't trust in is very clear contradiction Ys is the he trusts in hem and yet it seems like he's not trusting in hm it seems like he places his trust in a human being what's going on so it lays down for us very clearly there are two types of as we said there's the he refers to the the that we know about from the alar of naric obviously the alter naric was his student refer to it as the of the ran that you can't just trust in Hashem and not put in any efforts no to trust in Hashem and do some kind of efforts specifically always holds you're not allowed to depend on a miracle even though there's nothing that will stop from saving a person even without nevertheless whatever he's able to do he's obligated to do you can't ask hasem to do something for you that you could do for yourself says about king king of the Jewish people that he went to the doctors and because of that he sinned but the problem wasn't that he went to the doctor the problem was that he only trusted in the doctors he didn't DAV he didn't pray he didn't have he didn't trust inem so that's the understanding of but according to the ran holds that you're supposed to trust completely in hasem without doing any efforts at all we're not supposed to make efforts according to the ran Pik says that you go to a doctor the doctor is going to cure a person that doesn't mean you're to go to the doctor you're not obligated to go to a doctor in fact in a certain way it's called isus and it's a sin according to ran it's not an iser it's not a Prohibition to go to a doctor but a person who's truly serving Hashem should not go to any natural doctors any doctors that are going to cure him in a natural way according to ran also when it comes to par when it comes to one's livelihood he brings here from the M from the alar of n you don't need to do anything just trust completely in hm you don't need to put in any efforts for your livelihood the money will just come says that these two opinions while they seem to be contradictory one seems to be saying you have to put an effort one seems to be saying it's you're not allowed to put effort he says the truth is that they're both true find our sages argue about this matter in this very matter PK says you will bring in excuse me you will bring in the crops you'll bring in your grains is of the opinion that a person needs to put in efforts he needs to bring in the crops he needs to work the fields says no has a higher level he says just trust completely in hem so we see that our sages themselves argue about this issue whether person is supposed to put in hisus and work or completely trust in which we spoke about probably about 12 13 years ago so he says that there's a difference between the general populace and the the individuals who are the individuals theim are the those who are completely dedicated to serving Hashem those are completely dedicated they're learning all day they're not involved in parasan livelihood so they get in a supernatural way they get help and they're not supposed to do any they're not supposed to put in any efforts that's sages when they said in regards to the is that you should do no efforts or isal correct that you should go the way of the world do regular things so when they said they said many tried to do like they didn't succeed ah it's many it's the general populace that cannot do this but individuals can comes out that those who are from the individuals who are chosen by hem it's appropriate that they have the yes depending on a miracle by the way I'll say doesn't mean being doesn't mean that someone else is going to have a ace and give you the money like it doesn't mean the the rich future father-in-law find himself he lived inside of a cave he and his soner and they didn't do any efforts miraculously there appeared there a carab tree and there appeared there a a uh flowing source of water right and remember a carab tree according to takes 70 years before it gives its fruits and the words of is said for the general populace like says now he qualifies this very strongly and he says look while it's true is a person is obligated to put in efforts even according to you're not to do too much can't put in too much effort you need to just do something that naturally if I do this thing it's natural that I could make a profit and then trust in trying too hard putting in too much effort is a lack of that shows that I think that it's me I'm going to do this I'm going to accomplish this I'm going to make the money I'm trying too hard if I'm trying very hard I would say that's a lack of even according to but according to the those who deny they don't believe that God is intimately involved in the world L they might believe in fate they might believe in the Stars their foolish way is to do lots of efforts to figure out how they can take care of that which they lack because they only believe in nature in fate so those who are overly involved in here this it's important this is foundational if I'm trying too hard it means that I don't have I don't trust inem do regular things but don't try too hard so it comes out that a person like that who believes in fate or believes in nature so he's going to overdo it and they're going to do that person is going to do more more put in more efforts than what the had in mind when he said that a person needs to put in efforts and if you want to know what those efforts look like the too much efforts just look in the mishak magazine and I say that because over and over again it's so it's so important because we can become uh a dish we can become like we don't even notice that it's happening it's important to know that in our media it's crept in not tiic values nont values he said sometimes it could be the opposite that a person who sees in the star is what's going to happen or he get a hot stock tip so he's going to put in no effort and the person who is living with the of the will put in a little more because he doesn't depend on the Stars he depends on Hashem okay not going to read that part now let's come back to Ys cuz y was called and yet he's called someone who shouldn't have depended on the S he shouldn't have asked that guy to save him saw a clear dream he saw a prophetic dream that he's going to be a king so if he had the problem of those who believe in fate so he saw the dream he doesn't even to do anything he can just sit pretty and wait until it happens to him but since he feared he was afraid that maybe he would do a sin that would cause maybe he's done something wrong that should cause him to lose his his Divine uh assistance so here's what comes out interesting a person is a a person is an individual so they have to be on a level that they can depend on a nce they can depend on a miracle yoseph was worried maybe I'm not on that level maybe I have a sin maybe I've done something wrong that might cause me to not be able to depend on a miracle so that's why he did that's why he said something to theim that's why in the first place he said something to the wine Bearer he wasn't depending on him he didn't think that this is the only waym could do it he did this so that he wouldn't depend on a miracle he still Trust but there was a nuanced mistake that he made because he didn't he should have done Baseline he should have just said something I'm here I don't belong here undeservedly Etc okay not exactly what I said he says it was a mistake for him to think right and this is something that alter speaks about don't think that you can't get a miracle don't think if you are y don't you got to make sure you shots it up correctly that you understand your situation right you got to know yourself you got to know where you're holding and if you are a good person if you are a sad if you are a y if you are a true Ben and you have a real relationship with it's a mistake it's a sin for you to to put in efforts he shouldn't have gone that way he shouldn't have gone like Rish he shouldn't have gone like the he should have gone like and not put in any efforts likeing says it's very y was someone who did not believe in the Stars heav forbid he wouldn't have done any effort at all like because the person who believes in the Stars believes in faith doesn't do anything it is appropriate to to be worried that maybe I did something wrong he shouldn't go he's got to do maybe but he shouldn't turn and put his faith in a human being really he should have tried he should have put in his efforts to reach a higher level if you wor maybe I did something wrong but I need to correct the wrong and then have full no now he brings us back to we know that the AR had a special quality that it had the ability to carry those who carried it the AR was very heavy with solid gold had inside of it the T had the Lu Stone the tablets of the Covenant but it wasn't heavy because those who would carry would be carried why do they need to carry what was the purpose of the staves that were inside of the the sides of the AR they didn't it didn't need to be carried it was carried on its own it carried itself carried those who carried it there was a certain worry that maybe the would not be they would not Mar to have the miracle of the Aon carrying them CU maybe they did something wrong so they had to do something a little maybe maybe they're not maybe they're not meriting maybe they're not on that level that he was on a higher level than mosha he should be the leader why because he was he was born from from the older brother am's brother was korak's father older older brother he held that whoever is born first is always greater he believed in faith the stars have spoken if not for that he should have been worried that maybe he's maybe he's done something wrong clearly he held that I'm older I'm greater he should have not tried to to play with things and try to get in become the leader korak maybe MOS is greater maybe he doesn't have the same merits this what the m is saying that he was somebody who carried the the or why they need to carry it it carries them the reason that they would carry it is because they had to be worried that maybe they wouldn't Merit the miracle you can't depend on that you have to be in that very fine space right many of us most of us 99% of us are in the place of the where we do put in we do put in efforts but we have to be so careful in that place really it's better to be on a higher level to do no to to be the righteous individual who can Merit to have talk without no efforts but we are we're we're human we're regular so we got to do something that's like so I'm sorry was from those the fact that he was carrying it so he should have understood that you have to do something you can't depend on your Milo can't depend on your the fact that you're the from the older brother should be worried that maybe Moshe has more merits he should have known that okay so the bottom line is we got to know who we are and we got to try our best to be on a higher level more more closeness to hasem more righteousness fixing ourselves chuva repentance Good Deeds the more we do that the more we can be on a level of be talking without but just in case we're not so we're going to put in a bit of effort make sure it's not too much effort thank you so much for listening we'll see you again next time