(א) וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים נִסָּ֖ה אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו אַבְרָהָ֖ם וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי׃
We keep on with some Bitachon feelings from Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s commentary on Tehilim. In chapter 37, pasuk 21, David Hamelech states, לֹוֶ֣ה רָ֭שָׁע וְלֹ֣א יְשַׁלֵּ֑ם The wicked individual borrows and would not shell out again . That doesn't necessarily mean that if anyone borrows money and for some purpose cannot pay it again, he’s wicked. Rav Yehezkiel Levenstein points out it signifies that the person, at some time of borrowing the personal loan, experienced no strategy to pay it back again. This doesn't suggest that he borrowed by using a strategy, and it did not work out as a consequence of some unanticipated price which include if an individual received Unwell, or missing his work. That is referring to the person that borrowed the money without having intend to repay it at some time of borrowing. It’s a Halacha which you can't borrow cash if you do not know how you are going to pay back it again. Rav Kanievsky writes that someone when requested the Chazon Ish, “ Is it possible to borrow revenue without any plan, relying on Bitachon- Counting on Hashem that I'll get The cash when I need it?” There are various tales like that with great rabbis, such as the Ponovezher Rav and others, who borrowed dollars with no plan and then in some way, miraculously, any person showed up and gave them income, just in time. So are you presently authorized to do that? The Chazon Ish gave an unbelievable reply. He states, “ Sure, but only in case you are willing to lend someone money about the strategy of bitachon.” You can't use bitachon selectively, and say, “ I am going to use bitachon to borrow dollars, but I is not going to use bitachon to lend money.” It needs to be true. We’ve reported right before that there is a notion referred to as Bitachon Mezuyaf/copyright Bitachon , which can be fake bitachon. You are working with it as being a Resource. It isn't really serious. You're not likely relying on God. In some cases you happen to be just lazy and use bitachon as being a coverup. So how can We all know when bitachon is genuine? The Chazon Ish has a complete piece on this. You'll find men and women that, not surprisingly sing the bitachon song when every thing's going right, but then all of a sudden, someone opens a retail store across the street from theirs, and all their bitachon goes out the window. It wasn't genuine. The Chazon Ish is expressing you are aware of if it’s authentic when a person knocks at your door and states, “ I don't actually Have got a program but remember to lend me money.” Are you currently now capable of invoke that Bitachon that that you're going to receive the a reimbursement after this person borrows The cash from you?
…When the necessity occurs to request anything from somebody…, she must count on God for it, and regard the persons as the implies of securing it, equally as a person tills the soil and sows it as a method to her livelihood.
She should also conduct herself this way in her relations with intimates and mates, enterprise associates, workforce and companions.
No individual or other ability can modify my Future. Hashem decrees the fate of man, and Hashem is there within the scene to execute that decree.
I had an opportunity to see an example of this distinction inside of a environment nearer to property. For quite some time I used to be a high school rebbe. At some point, I used to be Chatting with a young person about some things that had been happening in his lifestyle, when he exclaimed, “Hashem is out to have me!”
In this particular cryptic passage Rebbe Nachman describes a round process wherein Those people with Bitachon can awaken Some others from spiritual rest, empowering them to speak text of holiness.
A higher, but a lot more enlightened emunah is always that everything right this moment is sweet—even though it superficially seems to be awful. See When Negative Is Good to the tales of Rabbi Akiva and Nachum Ish Gamzu that illustrate how both of these attitudes can Participate in out inside the resultant bitachon.
To be familiar with right now’s class, we want some qualifications details: ELAL 402 was a world passenger flight from London to Tel Aviv by means of Vienna and Istanbul. On July twenty sixth, 1955, the flight strayed into Bulgarian airspace and was attacked by two Bulgarian MIG15 jet fighters. All seven crew users and 51 travellers on board the airliner were being killed. Horrible Tale. What's the relevance to our class? About ten several years later on, there was an posting inside of a secular newspaper in Israel entitled, I Desire I had been Spiritual . The author on the post explained that like a businessman, he’d fly throughout Europe on business enterprise. Flights back again then weren't that Repeated – it's possible only once weekly. He was the moment sitting down inside of a aircraft together with his seatbelt on, once the supervisor of the flight obtained on and created an announcement: There have been two women, a mom and a daughter, begging to acquire on that flight. They'd a household marriage ceremony that they needed to show up at, and if they failed to get on this airplane, they’d pass up the wedding, as the next flight was not until finally a week later. There was only one vacant seat, so these two Women of all ages ended up asking if anyone would volunteer to have from the flight for a favor. Everyone was quiet, and afterwards this gentleman (the author with the short article) got up. He reported he did not truly care, as there was practically nothing genuinely forcing him to come back residence. And he felt terrible for both of these girls. So he took took his baggage daily bitachon and gave them his seat. “I then went to town, identified a resort, sat down and turned to the radio. I started to tremble Once i read that the flight that I was purported to be on was shot down. And I survived as a result of kindness which i did.” He was the only real one which survived. “ That night time, I went to sleep and in my dream ( and for many nights thereafter), both of these ladies have been pointing their fingers at me, indicating, ‘You killed us! If You would not have presented us your seat, we'd be alive today.’ I could not fall asleep that night, nor For a lot of nights afterwards, and I however experience the guilt that I brought on this to happen. I ultimately Give up my regular task and have become a journalist. I simply can't focus. I've been struggling with this trauma for the earlier 10 years.” “I return to the title in the short article,” The author suggests. “ I Would like I used to be Spiritual ,” mainly because if I had been religious, then I'd personally've had anything to respond to these girls with in my dream.
(ח) וְהָיָה כְּעֵץ שָׁתוּל עַל מַיִם וְעַל יוּבַל יְשַׁלַּח שָׁרָשָׁיו וְלֹא יִרְאֶ יִרְאֶה כִּי יָבֹא חֹם וְהָיָה עָלֵהוּ רַעֲנָן וּבִשְׁנַת בַּצֹּרֶת לֹא יִדְאָג וְלֹא יָמִישׁ מֵעֲשׂוֹת פֶּרִי:
בטחוני הדור הם בחינת כלי ההולדה. כי כל ההולדות וכל ההשפעות נמשכין על ידי בטחון. וזה זוכין על ידי ששומעין ספורי מעשיות מצדיקים אמתיים שיש להם כח לעורר מהשנה על ידי ספורי מעשיות שלהם, שעל ידי זה יוצא הדבור בכח גדול.
(ח) וְהָיָה כְּעֵץ שָׁתוּל עַל מַיִם וְעַל יוּבַל יְשַׁלַּח שָׁרָשָׁיו וְלֹא יִרְאֶ יִרְאֶה כִּי יָבֹא חֹם וְהָיָה עָלֵהוּ רַעֲנָן וּבִשְׁנַת בַּצֹּרֶת לֹא יִדְאָג וְלֹא יָמִישׁ מֵעֲשׂוֹת פֶּרִי:
(כג) וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ אַבְרָהָ֖ם וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַאַ֣ף תִּסְפֶּ֔ה צַדִּ֖יק עִם־רָשָֽׁע׃ (כד) אוּלַ֥י יֵ֛שׁ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר הַאַ֤ף תִּסְפֶּה֙ וְלֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א לַמָּק֔וֹם לְמַ֛עַן חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים הַצַּדִּיקִ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃ (כה) חָלִ֨לָה לְּךָ֜ מֵעֲשֹׂ֣ת ׀ כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה לְהָמִ֤ית צַדִּיק֙ עִם־רָשָׁ֔ע וְהָיָ֥ה כַצַּדִּ֖יק כָּרָשָׁ֑ע חָלִ֣לָה לָּ֔ךְ הֲשֹׁפֵט֙ כׇּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (כו) וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהֹוָ֔ה אִם־אֶמְצָ֥א בִסְדֹ֛ם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים צַדִּיקִ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֑יר וְנָשָׂ֥אתִי לְכׇל־הַמָּק֖וֹם בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃
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