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What Does It Mean Lower Your Head?

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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What does it mean lower your head? There's problems. They're making fun of me. They're saying bad things about me. They're stealing from me. They're this. THEY'RE THAT. WHAT do you mean? I'm sick. I'm poor. I'm the all THE PROBLEMS PEOPLE HAVE. A person that has complete emunah and bitachon in Hashem, a person that has given his life over to Hashem has problems. Trust me, they have Everybody has problems. Everybody has problems. Rabbi Akiva had a problem. He was on a sinking boat that shattered to pieces. And he says the secret to survive the ship is the same secret to survive the problems and to survive life. And what is it? Lower your head. And lower your head means Hakadosh Baruchu, I know that you're the one behind all of this. You're the one that broke the boat. You're the one that made me sick. You're the one that made me poor. You're the one that made me lonely. You're the one that put me in this predicament. You're the one that took this. You're the one that took that. You're the one that does everything. And of course, I know that you only created me for my benefit. You don't benefit from me. Only I benefit. And therefore, all that you do is for my benefit, even though I don't see it and I don't understand it currently. But because I believe in you completely, because I'm GIVING MY FULL LIFE TO YOU, I lower my head and I say, "THANK YOU, HAKADOSH BARUCHU. Baruch Hashem." Baruch Hashem. I know that you're going to take me to a better place as a result of this than otherwise available.