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Bitachon 207 - Israel is Always Protected
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We study together the famous passuk in Tehillim perek 115 passuk 9, which says that the people of Israel trust in Hashem because He is the one who helps them and shields them from their enemies.
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You're listening to the 207th edition of
the podcast. We're continuing together
inim
from this is a famous one. We say it
inem people of Israel will trust in
Hashem. He is their He's their savior.
He's the one who saves them. He's their
protector. Interesting. We use both of
these languages in the
first Hashem helps us. But even deeper,
he's protecting us wherever we are. We
might be in Bengurian airport and Hashem
is making sure that the missile falls in
a place where no one will get
hurt. He says that Ezra in explaining
this, the idea is as follows.
Israel. What is it that gives us the
power, the strength to trust in Hashem?
How does the people of Israel, how do we
have the confidence to know that we can
come back to the land of
Israel, 7.7 million people
strong and we can be sure that no one
will be able to hurt us? How do we know?
And the answer is because he always
helped us. He always helps us. He's
always helped the people of Israel. And
I'd like to be Madik, not even Ezra. But
the word is Israel, Hashem. And it's
interesting that the country that I live
in chose to call itself medat
is because the word is
means straight to
Hashem. With Hashem's help, together we
will succeed. As amazingly, the prime
minister of Israel keeps saying at the
end of every
speech. Who is their Israel? When is
Hashem going to help us? How do we know
that Hashem we will succeed? It's
because we are
Israel. We are Israel straight to
Hashem. He brings here a
note. The GR explains
this
says I'm sorry the the on which the GR
explains this
is and he brings from we
say until now you your compassion has
helped
us your kindness has not left
us don't forsake us Hashem forever
ever. Or it could be like a a request
alter. It could also be a statement. You
will never leave us forever. I'm sure of
it. How do I know this
this people of Israel can trust in
Hashem because he's helped us
always? What does it mean this that you
have helped us until now?
How do I know that I can always depend
on Hashem? Maybe I don't deserve it.
Maybe I don't deserve it. I never
deserve it. It's because of his. That's
what we
say. It's your
compassion that has helped us until now.
So that's how I
know that never changes. It's not
because I've done something
right. Right? There's a lot of people in
this country for Hashem, a lot of Jews,
not all of them are from but that
doesn't take away the fact that Hashem
is
compassionate. They said you didn't
leave us. What do we
say? You didn't leave us because of your
kindness, your compassion, your
kindness. Right?
When a person does kindness, it doesn't
mean that the person who it's being done
to deserves the kindness. That's the
definition of kindness. You don't
deserve it. Hashem doesn't owe us
anything. But Hashem still does kindness
with
us. And therefore, we're
sure that Hashem will not forsake us
forever.
If if we deserved it, if everything that
we had was because we deserved it, and
we've talked about deserving it, but
we're taking a different tack here
today. If it's because I deserve it, I'm
doomed. I am
doomed. But it's not. It's not because I
deserve
it. What do I know? I know that you are
kind and I
know that you are
merciful. And by the way, I want to tell
you a secret that that's the way express
how we're supposed to be like Hashem.
The purpose of our being here on earth
is to
emulate. You know, people say we have to
emulate say we have to emulate all of
his midas, all of his attributes. But
what are the attributes that we mention
in just like he is merciful, you be
merciful. Just like he is gracious. What
does gracious
mean? Means that you don't deserve it.
You are guilty. In modern Hebrew is is a
pardon. Person's in jail. Life sentence
doesn't deserve it. But the president of
the United States says, "I'm letting you
out." Why? Not because of anything you
did, right? I I I think I I just feel
like it. I just feel like it.
Hashem forgives us. We don't deserve it.
You got to do that, too. That's it's
incredible, right? That's the And by the
way, this is a this is a path
in we're
saying. He protects us even though we
don't deserve it. He's compassion with
us even though we don't deserve it. You
want to know how to get into that space?
Do the same thing.
This is uh not what he's saying over
here. What I'm saying you
know says
the that if the reason Hashem is doing
kindness with me and the reason that I
can that I see that things go well for
me that I have success in life has
nothing to do with me. It's not because
I'm so smart. It's not because I picked
the smartest, best songs to put on my
new album. It's not because I'm so
intelligent. It's just because loves me.
It's just
cuz with me. Hashem has mercy on me. He
wants me to have a
parasa. So if that's the case, so
then I can always count on I can always
count on
that. It's always going to be there.
It's always going to be there. His
moment doesn't end. his doesn't
end. I can I can trust in Hashem. I can
trust in
Hashem. That's the grow up says the
like don't
trust the way others trust. Some people
trust in their gods, in their idols, and
that idol could be themselves. Or that
idol could be their intellect. Or that
idol could be their business acumen or
their father-in-law's business or their
father-in-law's Mr. Money
Bucks. No, that's not it. You trust in
Hashem. Don't trust in any idols.
says, "Look back. Look at the history.
Look at history. Look how many times
Hashem took care of us. Look how many
times Hashem provided for us. Look at
the time in the wilderness when we had
nothing. It was absolutely a midvar. It
was a it was a desert. There's no food.
There's no life. Hashem helped us there.
He saved us there. He protected us
there.
Look, look through your recent history.
How did you get until today? How did you
survive until
today? You survived who helped you
despite your best efforts? Despite
it. Okay. Says the
mayor
is this is what it means when it says
the people of Israel shall trust in
Hashem. Here it say what it means is
what wants to give over to us. What he
wants to teach us
is the people of Israel. It is good. It
is appropriate. It is befitting us to
trust and to lean on
Hashem. This the nations say, "Where is
their
God?" They look at us and they say,
"Hey, where's your God? You who
protected you on October 7th? Who
protected you in the Holocaust? Where's
your God?" That's that's what says.
That's
what the nations of the world
say. And what we're saying here is like
this that Hashem is hidden. We cannot
see him.
We cannot see
God. He's hidden from the eyes of all
living
creatures to the point that a person can
make a
mistake. Hey, I I don't know how to pay.
I'm going to I don't know how I'm going
to pay my
rent. I don't know how I'm going to buy
the
groceries. I don't
know how this person is going to be
cured. I don't know how it's going to
work out. How could this possibly work
out? Can make a
mistake. The nations can say those who
deny Hashem can say, "Hey, where's their
God?" Or even those who believe in God
believe that their version of God is
right and not anyone
else. So they can say,
"Uh, where's the Jewish God?
So what do we
see? Hashem helped us. He protected us.
Look at 1948 fledgling state. Impossible
that we should make it. Read the
history. 1967 all the Arab countries
around us ready to destroy us.
Impossible we should make it. Digging
their
graves. That's not what happens. Hashem
takes down our enemies in front of us.
the NASA and all of the and and
the presidents of Iran etc etc.
She protects us and saves us from those
who are fighting against us. Shooting
the Houthies shooting missiles at
us doesn't land and it lands near the
airport but not in the
airport just like Hashem did for the
people of Israel so many
times. So I know I can trust him. Don't
give me all of your your denials. Don't
give me all your reasons
why. Where is their God? God is here.
God is
here. The house of Aaron will also trust
in
him. Right.
Continue
the priests they also have seen how
Hashem has saved them and taken care of
them can call you Hashem. So to all
those who fear Hashem and I want to say
that it's not perhaps you could say it's
not because they fear Hashem that's why
Hashem protects them but it's because
they fear Hashem that they
see that Hashem is protecting them.
They're looking for it. They're looking
for it. It's easy to complain. It's easy
to see all the problems. It's easy to
see all the places that it seems like
Hashem maybe didn't help
me. But it's all a lie. It's because I'm
not looking for the truth. I'm being
dishonest. The truth is and know
this says I'm going to explain this in
the later on which we're not going to
see together because we don't have that
here and I don't know where the
safer that safer is. So sadly but the
bottom line
is
Hashem is protecting us. All the
naysayers may say nay, but the truth is
the honest truth is he is helping us and
I don't have to be afraid and I can
trust
says is telling us it's a good idea.
It's a good idea to trust in
Hashem. I'm telling you I'm giving you a
command. Trust in Hashem.
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Look, the truth is that naturally we
should be destroyed. Israel doesn't
belong here. Israel is supernatural. We
don't we don't play by the same rules as
everybody
else. We're a small nation for thousands
of years, a weak nation. Couldn't stand
up for ourselves. But but what do we
see? Hashem protected us. Hashem wanted
us to
survive, wanted us to
continue. And now give us back a
country. Give us back a place where we
can learn Hashem's Tyra. The
greatest Rabbit just mentioned in a in a
shir on
Shabas the the
greatest in
history the greatest center of Torah
learning in world history is currently
in
Israel. That's a miracle
man. That's a miracle. Well, that's
against all odds. That's against all
natural ways of being. It's not natural
that we should be able to sit and
learn. Hashem protects us. Hashem saves
us. Says
the says this is
Hashem. Hashem is responding and saying
like this.
[Music]
Let's let's say the truth. Let's look at
this honestly. You're going to see that
those who deny
Hashem succeed. Those who say, "Oh, you
know what? I've got all the business uh
acumen. I've got all of the business
advice. This is what's working. This is
what's going to work."
You see that those who trust in their
idols, they succeed and they're ruling
in this world. They're the ones who have
the power in this
world. Don't let your mind think too
far. Don't don't get too upset. Don't be
worried all the way around. When you
see they're doing what's wrong and
what's the result seems like they're
successful,
right? So this should actually
strengthen your own trust in
me. Means you should trust in Hashem.
You see that Hashem helps the idol
worshippers. You see that Hashem helps
those who trust in not even in him, but
he still helps them. Hashem is boundless
in his love and he helps people who are
denying
him. The biggest atheist, he's a wealthy
man. How could it be? He has from
Hashem. He denies Hashem. How could it
be?
Yo, relax.
If those who transgress Hashem's will
have such
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success, I'm not sure exactly what this
means,
but it sounds like it's saying that
someone else can have success. uess and
we're under his boot and you know what
the fact that we're under his boot is
also to remove our ais it's to to give
us is you see someone else succeeding
hey I'm trying to serve Hashem why is
that guy succeeding he's not serving
Hashem that feels painful but you know
what that pain does that pain removes
our a pain is a kapara for
us it has to it has to hit our our minds
it has
to have an impact on us that if Hashem
is taking care of them and it has an
offset secondary impact that it cleans
us up from the things that we've done
wrong. So certainly if we're trying to
serve Hashem properly we're the ones who
who deserve the direct
impact. Certainly it's going to be good
for us. Certainly it's going to work out
for us. Certainly our needs will be met.
It doesn't
say it doesn't you know it's the P
starts
off you people of Israel you should
trust in Hashem but then it switches
to Hashem is their helper their
protector. So it's not talking about us.
It's talking about the goim. It's
talking about the nations of the world.
It's talking about those who do not
serve Hashem. Hashem helps them. Hashem
protects them. Says the
alsh. The very fact that Hashem helps
them should be like, "Wow, Hashem,
Hashem loves
everyone. And I'm trying to do his will.
It's going to be good for me, too. It's
going to be good for me, too."
So, there's more to see. We have more on
this puzz and and we're going to see
this again next time. Thank you so much
for for listening. We'll see you again
next time.