Bitachon 266 - More Trust More Providence

You're listening to the 266th edition of the podcast. We're studying together by David Rosen and we're in the in the introduction where he brings the people of Israel will trust in Hashem and it's actually a statement you should trust singular you singular should trust in Hashem protects you takes care of you the house of plural you shall trust in Hashem He protects you. You're those who fear Hashem. You plural should trust in Hashem. Hem protects you. So we saw last time why does it split it up? There's different levels within the Jewish people. There's different levels of he continues says brings another say to Hashem, you are my protector. You're my fortress, my God. I will trust in him. No bad will befall you. No wound will come close to your tent. He will command his angels to protect you in all of your ways. We find that a person who trusts in Hashem merits to have protection from hem, protection from above. Depending on a person's level of right, it depends where we are. Yes, it's true. A wicked person who trusts in Hashem, it can work. But a person who's on a higher level has a different type of relationship with Hashem and has a different type of and Hashem responds in kind with a different type of protection according to how much a person's the excuse me the level of their gets bigger. So too the level of Hashem's protection and help also increases. According to this we can understand very well. Why does it say by every single person? Why does it say separately for each type that Hashem is their helper and their protector? Israel as we mentioned earlier the level of a person's who's a member of the house of Aaron the priests he's on a higher level in the house of Israel he doesn't have the same kind of parnosa he's dependent he's involved all day in spirituality in serving hashem serving Israel and therefore because they have to have a higher level of they also have a higher corresponding level of divine assistance. So to those who fear Hashem, they have an even higher level than the house of Aaron. So they also have a higher level of protection. If it would have uh put them all together in the same people of Israel, of Aaron, those who fear Hashem, you should all trust in Hashem because he will protect you. You could think that they have the same level of protection. So, so David separates them and and gives us a a clear instruction stating you could be on this level, you could be on that level. Everyone has to have everyone has to have a connection with Hashem. Everyone has to believe and act in a way that shows that he believes that Hashem is helping him. But there's different people with different levels. Now, one of the questions that we asked last time was in in speaking to the people of Israel, house of Israel. So, King David says singular, you singular, you individual should trust in Hashem. When it comes to speaking about the house of fear, it doesn't say it in a singular form. It says it in a plural form. He says we can understand this with a an analogy to a master. He wants to give a particular task to his servants. If he sees that his servants want to do his will, so he says to them generally do so and do such and such such And everyone every individual that understands that is he individually is being spoken to as well. He does his job. Let's say a master sees that his servants are not interested in serving him properly. They're you know not excited about the thing that he's commanding them to do. He turns to them then individually and says you specifically I need you to do this do do this and that so then no individual can say oh he wasn't really talking to me like we was we was explained earlier those who are the house of Aaron the priests and those who are the and those who fear so they're on a high level. They're the people who are interested in Hashem's will. They're excited about Hashem's will. So doesn't have to speak to them individually. He says to them generally, "Trust in Hashem." You plural, trust in Hashem. That's enough for them to do it because they want to do that, which is not the case of the general populace. It's more of a challenge for them, the the regular people of Israel. Their spiritual level is lower than than the house of Aaron and those who fear if he would have spoken to them in a plural language saying you plural trust in they would have said they would have tried to to weasle out of it and say it's a high level it's not for me and they're not the ones being spoken to. King David therefore turns to the people of Israel and says to them singular you, yes you particular individual, I want you to have just like the ten commandments were said in a singular language. you singular trust in Hashem so that no individual can say oh he wasn't talking to me there's a general principle when a person starts to make his way on a spiritual path I'm ready to do something new I'm ready to have a new level in my relationship with Hashem take a malikus. So what happens is the evil inclination who he refers to as a malik just like the Jewish people as they left Egypt headed towards the holy land the maliki people are the ones who try to stop us. How does it work on an individual level? So the Yates and his and his and his minions. So they bring to him a coldness and all kinds of doubts. Says about remember that which did to you, they cool you off on the land. The word which could mean they happened upon you, but it could also mean to cool you down. This is the way that things go when a person's trying to attain spiritual attainments. So specifically this powerful of trusting in Hashem. So we have to be concerned. How will I attain this? Isar is gonna jump on me now. He's lying in weight, ready to pounce. Therefore, David says, "Oh, people of Israel, trust in don't be afraid of the and his doubts that he is placing into you when it comes to trying to acquire faith on because Hashem is your helper. Hashem is your protector. Hashem is the one who's helping you individually. You as an individual singular. And without Hashem's help, you cannot battle the you cannot win in battle. As I say, just say the evil inclination of a human being gets stronger on a person every single day and tries to kill the person spiritually. If not for divine assistance, if not for Hashem's help, we wouldn't be able to overcome the evil inclination. says also there in in we say it in in halalm is mine singular mine he is my helper my singular helper and I will see the downfall of my enemy who's my enemy this is a reference to the evil inclination and his minions which are the main enemies of the human being. Their desire is to throw a person down to get a person to a place of of spiritual desolation. So therefore we need to acquire and we need to pay for you got to pay the the characteristic of trusting. So a person who wants to be be don't be afraid in order that you shouldn't be afraid. Maybe this is going to cause me I'm going to trust in Hashem. Maybe it won't work out in the end. King David says he is your protector. He is the one that you nestle under who you find you find protection within. He he is a shield to those who trust in him. pigman. He protects you from all of the things that occur, all all of the things that happen with time. Just like a a shield that protects or a coat of armor that protects a person who wears it. She is our protector. Shem is our shield. Saves us from oppression. And this would seem to be the explanation of the verses. We have eyes but we don't see. We have ears but we don't hear. If we would just pay attention to the call of all of the great sages of the people of Israel and who is the the great general of all the great sages, King David himself. As far as how important it is, we must have this. We must have it's so important to have says it's our relationship with the Pik says, "I held on to him. I did not let him go until I brought him to my home." A person's soul, right? What what are we thinking about all the time? What is our mind preoccupied with? I'm worried about the the deep questions, the problems of life. Says, he quotes, "We can be wasting our time thinking about questions and and issues that really don't matter." Right? And if I don't have I'm busy trying to figure out how to do stuff. Figure out how to get what I need. Figure out how to do the things that Hashem is doing for me anyway. So I wouldn't be caught up in all of those things. I'll be able to focus my mind and my thoughts on the entire purpose of the Tyra which the GR says. What is the entire purpose of the Tyra? It's hashem trusting in Hashem. And he quotes it at the very in the in the first page of the book before the book even starts raising the mish. It says the main purpose of the giving of the Torah Israel to the people of Israel is so they should place their trust in Hashem. They shall place in God their their hope and also afterwards to teach this to their children commission. So that the the says it's in order that the last generation know. Okay, this is we are the last generation. We're the ones who this is the most important lesson because the main aspect of everything is complete says the cloud is the concept which includes all of the other commandments in a difficult time when fear is holding on to the the people of Israel because he says in that there's fear in your wounds, right? I I think this might have been written in the early 90s during the in the during the the Persian Gulf War. There's fear in our rooms. There's swords that are being stretched out from outside from from without. We're all asking the question, what's going to be? How will we get through this? How will we face off with the challenges? Whether we're in Israel where the challenges are acute, whether we're in where there's other kinds of challenges, the answer to this is trust. Hashem, when Mosha asks him, "What's your name?" What should I tell them? Time for gula. What should I tell them? What's your name? Says I will be that I will be. I will be with them in this difficulty and I will be with them in later difficulties. So, Hashem makes a promise at the very beginning of the redemption of the Jewish people that this is this is how it's going to be now. This is how it's always going to be. This is the answer to all of our troubles. This is the answer to all of our problems. This is the answer to all of our mind's preoccupations. Trust in Hashem. A a common saying which is in the mouth of those who are rising in their spiritual their spiritual aspirations. the altifad. Trust in the one, the one and only. Trust in Hashem and don't be afraid. And here we're going to stop. And I'd like to say thank you so much for listening. We'll see you again next time.