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It's 8:30 on the dot. So, we're going to start like every week 8:30 on the dot. Welcome everyone. We're continuing in this onerim which is sponsored by Dr. and then they should be for the whole family. Tonight cheer is also dedicated actually safer devaram is dedicated by my dear friend of Isaac Yasovski former for his mother Yafa Mala Esther Bas Lea she is tonight she's dedicated a young girl who was tragically killed in Florida Alisa Basa who I was a friend of her father back in Queens. Rabanov, Hashem should send the family and her sha to her sister Aviva Basa. She should have a rafu shalma. Okay, I want to make sure everybody has the safer tip pisua. If you don't have it, it's available right here or you can get it on artsgirl.com or you can get it in your local bookstore. The good news is I have a lot of things I want to add. So hopefully we could get this into Kaid soon and uh maybe in next printings we'll update it a little bit. But even today you could look at it. We gave a clip today on a new opportunity. You know there's a chapter in here seven times during a meal to beh when you make you're supposed to put your 10 fingers on the bread. All 10 fingers. What? Therefore, so let's say you have sometimes you grab something from the freezer, you figure, okay, it's in the bag. I'll have no, you got to take it out of the bread. You got to get your 10 fingers on the bread. One of the reasons is it's 10 words. All of the other have nine words. But another reason is that the puk in the nvi talks about how in the future hashem is destined to bring um to make bread loaves of bread grow on trees in Israel. So as a expression of your amuna and anticipation for the end of days that uh bread will grow on trees. So we put our 10 fingers on the bread. So a opportunity to mitapha is when you eat bread. Okay, let's let's speak about tonight's topic. Tonight's topic is what is or in the say you know actually there's a story of an interaction between the panovich and Bengorian and the two of them met and you know Bengorian said well you know we both have the same thing you know you have and we have bakon you know is is the security is you know the Israeli defense force and we have we have faith so Bengorian said what what's the difference it's all the same you know it's it's so the panovich said no the difference is one is a mil l and one is a mil rah you know in len some words you emphasize the first syllable some words you emp emphasize the last syllable so in uh in modern Hebrew or actually in correct Hebrew it's usually but in Yiddish every word becomes mal it's really incorrect but in Yiddish every word is emphasized first so in Yiddish you say the thing is mallel mal means from above in other words whether you tr trust in God comes from above trust in man that's comes from below okay but we're going to talk about today trust in Hashem What does that mean? What is this mida? What does it do for a person? How do you acquire it? There's a lot of uh it's a very popular mida today. Everybody says, "Yeah, and what exactly does that mean?" So, we have a few in this week's para you're going to war and you're going to say, if you're going to say in your heart, these nations are more numerous than me. How can I How can I inherit them? How? So the Pik says, "No, don't say that. Don't be afraid. You should remember that which Hashem did to all the great miracles, the wonders, the signs and the wonders and the strong hand and the outstretched arm that Hashem took you out. God will do the same. What God did to Egypt, he will do to all the nations that you're afraid of. Not only that, even the wasp, this hornet, God will send against him. This was a special hornet that blinded them, that render them impotent until I destroy the remnant and those who are hiding from you. Don't be scared. God is in your midst. Great, awesome God. So basically, you're going to war. You're going to see tanks. You're going to see infantry. You're going to see armory. You're seeing weaponry. And you're going to say they're more than us because somehow they're always more than us. We're always the the what does the Pik say? Don't be afraid. What does it mean don't be afraid? It's scary. How could you tell someone don't be afraid? You know, if somebody's eating a donut, you could tell them don't be afraid. But if somebody is facing an army that's larger than their own and facing weaponry which is more powerful than their than their own, how could you tell someone not to be afraid? Another thing is does this has any relevant to our time? Is this a specific lav back in the year 2448 that Mosenu said you're going to go and you're going to face an army more powerful and more numerous numerous than your own. Don't be afraid. Or does this have relevance to our times? By the way, we have a similar in look at number two. When you go out to war against your enemy, Vero Isa, and you see sus, a horse and a chariot, Amra, a multi, a great nation, larger than you, bigger than you, more numerous than you, more numerous than you. Don't be afraid. Don't be scared because Hashem your God is with you who brings you who brought you out from the land of Egypt. So we have two very similar. Look carefully we have two very similar puk number one in this week's para is if you're going to say in your heart the nations are more numerous than me how can I inherit them or chase them out. So the Pik says don't be afraid. Remember what Hashem did to initim. And then in paras you're going to go out to war and you're going to see horses and chariots. The same thing as in this week's para or in sayim. No, don't be afraid. So you could technically learn that this was a specific prohibition that dates back 3,300 years ago. meaning in that generation when they go to war and Hashem is with them even though they're a small nation and they're fighting a mighty powerful army don't be afraid. You could technically learn this was a one-time uh prohibition. However, it is the opinion of Rabenuina and this is very relevant to these paritis that all of the prohibitions that are mentioned in safer devarim were not just for that generation. The Tyra is an eternal Tyra. So for instance, you know, when the PK says, don't say when you go into the land of Israel, it's because of your righteousness that Hashem is bringing you in and because of the wickedness of other nations of the world. No, it's not your righteousness. It's because of their wickedness and because of the merit of your forefathers. So you would think, okay, that's a specific love that when you go into land of Israel, the Torah is saying, don't think it's because of your own righteousness. it's because of their wickedness and because of Hashem's promise to the but let's say I land a good job and I make a lot of money then maybe I could say it's because I'm a big sadic you know it's only maybe it's only that generation was told you're not being given the land of Israel because of your righteousness says no it's a paradigm it's a Tyra that if good things happen to you you're not allowed to attribute it to your own righteousness so Rabenua learns that all of the various Lav mentioned and sra devarim were not one-time dispensation there's not they were not one-time prohibitions but they're eternal they need to be extrapolated for all time and therefore if the pak is saying don't be afraid of a larger army than you it's not just a one-time prohibition that when you're going into land of Israel don't be afraid of the nations of the world and it's not even limited to when you're fighting a war to defend the land of Israel or if you're fighting a war anywhere, it actually has nothing to do with war. Instead, Rabu is going to learn, we're going to see in Shahu, Shiml, that this is a general love that if you're in a difficult situation in life and that surah seems close, you should not be afraid. Why? Because the salvation of Hashem should be in your heart and you should trust in it. In other words, according to this has nothing to do with entering the land of Israel, has nothing to do with war. This is a general concept in life. When a Jew is in a bind and it looks like he his back is up against the wall, you shouldn't be scared. You should think, "Hashem is with me and the salvation is close and you should trust in that." Now, what does that mean? Trust in that. Does that mean a person is now to be worried in life or now to be anxious or now to be uh scared? Is it alive in the Torah to be scared? So let's see. Rabon writes in char is there a reason why it said it's said it twice. Is there a difference? >> There there are many prohibitions that are repeated many many many times. The Gomra says in Makus, if you eat an ant, not if you eat your ant. If you eat an ant, you get eight lavin, if you learn Tory, you get 32 mitzvah because it says 32 times in the to learn Tyra. So the fact that it's repeated, many many things aren't repeated. But let's take a look at says first he quotes a in this week's para and number two he quotes a kis and raen says tonight we're going to be focusing on the definition of in the worldview of one of the great he was a cousin of the raan writes if a person sees that the difficult situation is close Yeshua's the salvation of Hashem should be in his heart meaning you should be thinking of how Hashem is going to save you and you should rely on it close to those who fear him is Hashem's salvation so this is not limited to war That means let's apply it to war. If someone's on the battlefront and all of a sudden he sees he's in a bind, he sees he's being surrounded. He sees there's no way out. The Tyra is saying don't be afraid. You should envision the salvation and trust in it. Or let's say someone is in a bad can't find a job. He's saying how in the world am I ever going to support my family? How am I going to get out of this financial mess? They should be thinking even though I haven't found a job in 17 years, I can find one tomorrow. You should envision it and you should trust Hashem's going to bail you out. Or if Hashem if somebody has a health scare and they're worried how how am I ever going to get out of this mess? You know, it seems bleak. They should envision Hashem has many ways to save them and you should trust in it. or somebody's looking for any kind of Yeshua, a Zivug, and they say, "This is not happening for me. You know, I I met already so many people. I don't know. How am I going to find the right one?" Find the right one. You should think all it will take it could be the next phone call and the salvation of Hashem is very close. This is the we're going to try to explore exactly what it is, identify it, and describe what it feels like. And is there ever room for worry, anxiety, concern? Well, we're going to try to explore the worldview of Rabino on the mitzvah of now. So, David pointed out why does Rao bring in the perro on raash? He brings that we're we're warned here. In other words, this is not a positive command. It's a negative command. Don't be afraid. You're not allowed to be afraid. And the reason why he brings twoim in other words both of these are as harois for not being scared and not being afraid. What's interesting is there's a peruva called dalce touva and he says that both of these is applying to be they both are the same in not to be afraid from the uh the s of an enemy and or any s but rather we should have be talking that the Yeshua is kar but and he says you should know that Rabenu is not the one who made these letters. In other words, a different who came after Rabenu categorized them as two separate paragraphs, but really they belong together. Both of these are referring to the mitzvah of bet. Okay. So now we're going to explore from Rabinoa's commentary on safer mish. What exactly is bet? You see what we read now is from the safer shi chuva. Shah chuva is a book ra describing the process of chuva. So in sh alf raa talks about the 20 ingredients of chuva. And Raon says, "The reason you need 20 ingredients, chuva is like cleaning off a stain." So if you have a regular stain, let's say, you know, you got you're eating Cheerios and you spilled some Cheerios, some cereal and milk on a white shirt, big deal. That's coming off very easily. You could basically take some hot water on a towel on a schmata and you're good to go. You know, maybe uh you may need some ironing after. Then if it's not Cheerios and milk, if it's lasagna, then you might need to get um what kind of detergent do they use over there in in >> what? >> Clorax. >> Clorox is not detergent. >> That's bleach. No, >> bleach will take it out. >> Bleach will take it out. Anyone know about detergents? I was just checking. I didn't I didn't think any of the guys would even know brands of detergent. Okay, but you need detergent. And if you get pen on your shirt and I don't want to tiff but you know it has happened to me. Let's just say it has happened to me. I'll give you a little tip by the way. You know because I like to throw in free advice unsolicited free advice. If you ever get pen on your shirt isopropyl rubbing alcohol it's very effective. Okay. Very effective. You put a little bit on comes right out. Now you could send it to, you know, and they're going to put on all kinds of detergents and it may or may not isopropyl. Yeah. Mayor, your mask. Yeah, mayor. Well, it it works. So anyway, so chuva is like detergent. The worst the stain sometimes you need a lot of ingredients. So Rabiano lists 20 ingredients of chuva. Ink Rabiano talks about the ideas that will inspire someone to do chuva. So we just quoted from which is a list of all the mitzvah in order of he lists the mitzvah mitzvah and so on and so forth. Rabo also wrote a classic commentary on mish which we are about to explore. Ra is explaining theim. Do not be afraid of sudden a sudden frightening situation and the dread of the wicked that it comes. God will be God will be with your footstep. He'll guard your foot from tripping. So it's saying don't be afraid of a sudden frightening situation. Hashem will be with your footstep. Now Rabina now here begins to describe the phenomenon and the avenue of aem called what exactly is so he starts like this. The simple reading of the p is don't be afraid of a sudden uh frightening situation. Hashem will be in with your footstep. Rab explains that sadikim who guard themsel from sin and trust in hashem hashem will make miracles for them. Okay. So the first thing ra does is he couples together with observance. So almost don't think you could just you know live how you want to live act like you want to act and then all of a sudden you wonder why am I in this predicament why is this bad thing happening to me well may pal maybe it's because of your actions and then expect you could just trust that hashem he's going to bail you out begins that the process of has to be combined with so if basically you are living the way you're supposed to live and you have trust in Hashem, then Hashem will miraculously bail you out. Okay, but that doesn't sound very soothing because most of the time what people are scared of is they say, I know if I would be a complete sadic, Hashem would bail me out. The problem is if only people would know my true colors, I don't have a right to have. So, it's not very helpful to tell people, don't worry. If you're at sadic and you trust in Hashem, everything will be okay because who could say they're at sadic? So it's not a very helpful definition. So we need to explore further. Let's continue. What I did was I broke up this raa on mish into six parts and each of these six parts I want to highlight to you the main themes that raa uh teaches us. So if you look on the ninth line on page two he says Let's discuss the definition of is rooted in belief in Hashem. Meaning step one is you got to believe in him. If you don't believe in him, you can't trust in him. You can't trust someone who you don't believe exists. So it is rooted in amuna. Like it says shepherd amuna which means if you want to have you have to have a a strong belief in Hashem and then you could come to trust in him. I just want to point out this very pic says that it's going to help your if you're if you're living life the way you're supposed to live. I will tell you that the has a very sympathetic and merciful understanding of this. Namely, as long as you're not actively rebelling against Hashem, even if sometimes a person sins, one has a right to trust in Hashem. You don't have to be Hashem doesn't say you could only trust in me if you're a sadic. Hashem says, "As long as you don't try to rebel against me actively, you could trust in me." But we're going to come to that further. So what exactly is? We know that it's predicated on. But what is says a few lines down is clear belief in Hashem and strengthening of the heart in Hashem's salvation and really leaning on him. Meaning a person's in a jam. He believes Hashem is out there but he's scared. His heart is melting. His heart is frightened. He He's very anxious. What is having your ama strengthen your heart in Hashem's salvation. So now what it's going to do is it's going to take the edge off. You're still a human being. Human beings are sometimes scared or worried or apprehensive or anxious. What betak will do is it will strengthen the heart. It strengthens heart. You won't melt. Okay, that's the definition of but now says that's wonderful but what about all the sadikim who are afraid that I believe in Hashem and I know Hashem could save me but I'm afraid because of my sins we even was afraid and he was distressed where the Pik says fortunate is someone who's always afraid of sin so how do we understand how could ever have in Hashem. But any honest person will be able to identify shortcomings in their service of Hashem and that's going to make them scared. So we're going to have to come back to that. Let's now slowly step by step unpack. You know, I never used that word in my my life before, but this becomes such a invogue word, right? Unpack. I can't believe I said that. Yeah. UNC um the the fundamental aspects of and then we're going to try to apply it to to our regular life. What is so says let me give you a mashall the first elementary level of bet is analogous to someone who works for the king and he's always working for the king in happiness and good-hearted because when the king hired him the king said I'm going to I'm going to pay you but he hasn't gotten paid but he continues to work honestly with good cheer here because he knows the king is going to make good on his word. So too, somebody who has trust in Hashem, the first level of trust is even if we do mitzvah every day and you're wondering, no, when when do the benefits kick in? Like when does the reward part happen? Like you know, I'm doing my part. When does the reward part? So you say, what do you mean? Who says there is reward in this world? Who says there there isn't? By the way, there's no reward in this world. You only get you only get like health insurance and and and bonuses. Okay? You don't there is no reward in this world. You only get pay. But so like okay, so when am I getting my bonus? You know when's the bonus kicking in? So it says and and sometimes person says the bonus but I have all these all these problems in life. So Raan says even if a person experiences sorrow, he should strengthen himself in his service of Hashem and he should have bet that his reward will be doubled and quadrupled. Hashem is choosing what's best for him and if what's best is to have difficulty in this world, it's to give him more reward in the in ultimately Rabu quotes the inhum in the middle column of page two. That means sometimes I says I have so many problems. What am I doing all these mitzvah for? No, it's not true. All the problems are for my benefit. It's so that my ultimate reward is complete. Now says and therefore a person is that's a very important word okay you ever hear the word means to have hope the idea of being to have hope is rooted in okay this is a very important concept because when a person is in a difficult situation his bet in Hashem his confidence in Hashem will instill in him and imbue in hope. It gives him hope that things could be okay. So, one of the things a person should hope for is that ultimately I'm going to get perks in this world. Even if right now I'm having a lousy day and I woke up in the morning and I tripped on my, you know, slippers and then I couldn't find my toothbrush and I have, you know, nothing's going right for me today. Not in my job and not in my family and I and even the weather is lousy. A person should have that will give you payro in this world and this is yune out of meaning envisioning and thinking about your trust in Hashem will instill in you a hope that in this world you're going to get perks. Now then breaks down three aspects of what you what will emanate from. Number one, if you trust in Hashem, you'll have hope that you'll have good things happen to you in this world. But you said, "But I thought you don't get reward in this world." You don't. You don't get reward but you get side benefits and if you trust in Hashem you can have hope that you're going to have perks in this world. So for example if you give sudaka the garra says let's say you give sodaka so that your child lives or you give sudaka so that you have you become wealthy that's not a reward but it's a side benefit and you're allowed to have that god's going to send you perks in this world. Number two, you're allowed to have hope that because of Hashem's power and wonder and wondrous ability, he's going to help you out in this world. And you're allowed to have hope that even if you don't see reward in this world, you're vouch saved. You're guaranteed to get an that's so you say, "Hey, I never thought about that way. having in being rewarded for my mitzvah. Isn't that a given? Okay. If if it's a given to you, that means you're a very big bal. But part of having part the elementary level of is even though you don't quite see it, but you trust that Hashem will save you reward for the world to come and give you perks in this world. Okay. Number two. Next step. You ready? Number two is yes. See having that every single promise made of what will happen in the end of days and will happen to the Jewish people. You're confident. You trust Hashem will make every single word happen. That's the next level of okay so you say that's not why I came to the sh tonight. I want to know what has to do with my life right now. So here we go. The next step is what demands from a person is to realize and obviously we all know this we always pay lip service to this that everything is what does it mean everything is shayim Hashem could change any situation in a dime don't say ah I was born in a bad mazos I just have I'm having a I have a rot in life it's it's given or you know this this week is just gonna be bad. No, no. Every moment of life is shay and it could change in a dime. And it's not difficult for Hashem to change any situation. That is requires a person when they assess, you know, people assess uh my life. Yeah, it's basically good, but I have these couple things that are just, you know, bottomless pit. I have these problems in life that I don't wish on anybody that, you know, I'm going to be dealing with this forever. Everybody says that they have issues and they're I have issues that they're just my issues. You know, there there's no way around it. No, a person shouldn't write off anything in their life that it's irreconcilable. It's it's not uh fixable. Anything in life is now look at these words. These are very powerful words. Look in the last column on page two. Even though the distress looks, the surah looks very close. It looks like that is inching closer. You should always think the salvation is even clo closer than that. As close as you think the difficulty is, one should always imagine the salvation is even closer. Nothing is preventing Hashem from bringing that salvation. Look a couple lines down. You should know in truth. Hashem is abundantly able to save from any distress. Hashem salvation could come in a blink of an eye. And therefore, even if the situation seems absolutely bleak with the knife on the throat, a person should hope for the salvation. Like the says, even if God looks like he's killing me, I hope to him. This hope is listen very carefully from comes you might not have heard of this concept it's called is hope someone who trusts in Hashem which means you believe in him you know he controls every situation you know he could change any situation you know nothing is stopping him, preventing him, hindering him from controlling any situation. That should always inspire a person with hope. One should never in life feel hopeless. One should never give up hope of any situation. That's why it says trust in him at all times. All times means even when it seems impossible. And then the Pik says, Who knows the next words? What does it mean? Trust in him because Hashem created this world and the world to come. And if God was able to control um create this world and the world to come, he obviously has the ability and the capability to change any situation. Therefore, trust in him in any case. Now, part of this is like this. You know, I don't really think that this situation is hopeless because my friend Johnny, he's going to bail me out. You know, I I could rely on my friend over here. So, this is not a desperate situation because I could always rely on. No, part of is never trust in any person. Never put your faith in any person. You know, whatever you're doing, you're uh you say to yourself, you know, I have a really good job because you know the boss the boss is my brother-in-law's best friend. Never think that way. Don't think I I'm comfortable my job. I work for the family. Who do you trust in? Never put your you can never put your trust in man. You all in a person's mind they should remove any reliance. Sure you have gratitude to people who help you and you're appreciative of them and you have to show people who help you that you you recognize that they're the to help you. But you can't in your mind put faith in any human being. By the same token, a person always has to believe nobody in this world could harm you. There's nobody who could do anything to you. Nobody could hurt your reputation. Nobody could harm you financially, physically, emotionally. It's all that's part of the mitzvah of Now, you know what this is going to do for you? If you turn over says about 10 lines down >> 10 lines down. >> I'm not available right now cuz I'm giving the shar. Wow. Says let your heart never melt. You can never let your heart melt. Never be scared of because God is equally able to save when the is not here when the is present. So therefore a person should never allow his heart to melt. Hashem has many avenues of salvation. Look at these words. Hashem has many avenues of salvation. Hashem is able to redeem in numerous ways. How could a person allow his heart to melt? His hope, his meaning, his trust in Hashem's ability and his hope that Hashem will exercise that ability will strengthen his heart. Now, now this is very important. So that means there the there's a very complex dichotomy that's taking place in the heart of somebody who's who has something that they're worried about because on the one hand they're anxious, they're worried, they're apprehensive and on the other hand their heart is strengthened from the confidence they have that inspires great hope. So what the hope is going to do, we're going to see what the hope is going to do, it's going to take the edge off the worry. The the the which inspires hope is going to take the edge off of the worry. Now look at these beautiful words. according to the extent of the hope that you have the and according to the extent of how strong your heart is in its hope the attribute of the soul will become greater. In other words, the measure of the greatness of a soul is the amount of hope and how strong the heart is in the face of a difficult situation. The greater the hope, the greater the strengthening of the heart, the greater the myo of the nephesh. Like it says, "Do not let your heart melt." Then Raan quotes the tubukim that he quotes in char that we mentioned in the beginning of this year. Number one, you're going to see horse chariot numerous nation. Don't be afraid. And number two, mayhem. So now, so what should you do? So here the pharaoh is coming at me. He has a million tanks and I have 17 tanks. So I shouldn't be afraid. No, you shouldn't be afraid. Could Hashem flick them away? Yeah, Hashem could flick them away. So should I be afraid? Yes, you should be afraid. You know what you should be afraid of? You should be afraid of sin. When the danger comes, you should be afraid of sin. Who was afraid of sin? Jacobino. And that fear of sin should bring you to fear Hashem. And now that you're afraid of Hashem, that should elevate you to have trust in him. And when you have trust in him, you're going to have hope and your heart won't melt. So many people think, you know, Shamayim is debilitating. No, is necessary to have because you see if you're afraid of man, you're not afraid of God. But the more fear of God you have, the more you realize the only thing that I need to be afraid of is Hashem. And if if the only thing I need to be afraid of is Hashem, that's because Hashem controls everything and could change everything. Fear of sin promotes. It does not detract from fear of sin is the predecessor is the precursor of is the prerequisite of pre fear of sin is not a contradiction to you can't have bet until all fear is channeled to fear of sin that will inspire you to fear Hashem fear of hashem will strengthen your hope and your trust in him however says If someone's heart melts in difficulty in Sara, it's because they never train themselves in the mid of says it's possible that a person could believe everything is but because they never strengthen themselves and never train themselves in the mid and the maj. So their heart is softened and their heart is melted. However, says when the Pik tells us inh what that means is being afraid of man or other things in life besides Hashem that itself is a sin. However, through trust in Hashem you will be you will soar meaning if a person has a difficult situation and naturally it should cause them to like be paralyzed and they strengthen themselves in their trust in Hashem that alone that merit alone is enough of to save them from the situation the alone is enough to to is enough of a merit for Hashem to save us from the situation. Okay. So, what exactly am I trusting in? What am I having trust in? Take a look. Nine lines from the bottom of the minimum column on page three. You know what? I'm having I have trust not that I have faith and I have trust in Hashem's abundant mercy and his great kindness. I believe in Hashem's. So, for example, I have trust. You know that song? You want to sing it? Yeah. says inm I trust in your that's what you a person trusts in or in ah but what if I look at myself and I say me I'm average at best I'm not even average I have so many a so what kind of banan could I I know Hashem has abundant mercy, but maybe I deserve abundant sorrow. So how could a person have says that's why says to trust in Hashem forever and ever. Look at these words. Hope is you out of this. Even if a person has many and awesome sins, a person could have faith in God's mercy, even if a person is wicked. Like it says, you know that song? How you know all these songs? I'm not trusting on your right on our righteousness, but on your abundant mercy. The says in many even if the many sins prevail over me, you will forgive my my myus. You know what this means? Even if our sins are too great to bear, Hashem's ability to redeem us is greater and could prevail over even our numerous sins. So that's the first thing to trust in we have in the in Hashem's abundant kindness, his abundant mercy and his tremendous. That's the first thing we trust in in the number two is like this. If a person is experiencing a difficulty and he's humbled before it and it's it hurts and it's painful and a person humbles himself, a person could then have in Hashem that Hashem will have mercy on him because of the Tara. that a person could then be entitled not only to in the but that Hashem will have mercy on him because of the itself. Hashem will have mercy. Like it says in that we trust in Hashem's kindness that he's going to bail us out because he's being merciful because of this Sara. Okay, let's this will now be the conclusion. So a person is facing nobody should ever have to face. Hashem should give everyone only revealed kindness and revealed goodness. But when in a situation where a sor is approaches and a person is afraid because of his sins. So on the one hand the person feels fear. On the other hand the person feels a certain hope. We call it the hope that's so how do these feelings play out? What is it like 50/50% anxiety 50% hope says this hope that is you out of trust in Hashem the hope should be strong when the Torah approaches and he's afraid of his sins The fear will not be equal to the hope. The hope will be stronger than the fear. Doesn't mean there won't be any apprehension. But in terms of the overall mindset, the hope will prevail over the fear. That is the mitzvah of that is what we call the that is out of the oven and will lift up from any sin will be merciful on those who are humbled and ask for mercy. Like it says in Now, you ready for this? Maybe you've heard of this PK. It's also a song, by the way, >> you know, back in our time, you know, these were the songs that they used to sing, you know, but these new fangled guys, I don't know what they're singing today, you know, back in the day, they had real music, you know. So, what does cave mean? Hope. So, now we understand if you have hope in Hashem, it's going to strengthen your heart. See, until you had hope in Hashem, you had a difficult, you're just scared. You're scared. And and fear is it's like you can't you can't operate. >> Debilitating. >> It's debilitating. That's the That's the correct word. It's it's debilitating. Fear is debilitating. But someone who has like says the is out of it's like carved out of then the hope you have in hem it will strengthen your heart if your heart is strengthened you can operate again and says once the tikvah is your heart then the strengthened heart will allow you to have even greater hope so that's the three-step process which comes from it allows your heart not to melt. It allows your heart to be strengthened. And then the highest madrega is that that strengthened heart can now produce even greater hope. So this is uh an important teaching in this week's para. It's not only referring to seeing a lot of horses or a lot of chariots, but in life in general, whatever situations that we have to navigate and there are always hurdles and impediments, but we should try as best as we can to elevate ourselves out of debilitating fear. How? by firmly focusing on our natural deep-seated ammunition and not that we're deserving of it, but we trust in Hashem's greatim, abundant rahim, abundant uh possibilities of saving us. And if not that then Hashem's raim on us that he feels the pain that we're going through and that will that will so to speak inspire Hashem to be on us that will strengthen our heart that hope will strengthen our heart and then the highest level we aspire to is that with with a strengthened heart that means think about it you know we're we're overcoming natural fear you know a human being is a bus or a dam fear is something real you We we bring it upon ourselves but it's a real feeling you know it's an emotional feeling but the power of bet is that it could literally take the edge off this debilitating feeling to the extent where our heart is strengthened and then we could so to speak hope to even a more um a more powerful way and let's just end off says the more hope we have and And the more we strengthen our heart, the elevation of the soul will be magnified, will become greater. And in that may be on all of us only. Thank you very much. >> Recording stopped.