TRANSFORM YOUR EMUNAH!

We continue our Bitachon journey. We discussed in the previous session that in the Shemona Esrei, when we say the words for your salvation Hashem, we have hoped for, we should have in mind two things. Number one, we should have in mind that Hashem will send us the ultimate salvation and we should hope for that salvation, the ending of the exile and the coming of Moshiach. And number two, we should also have in mind all of our personal salvations, for ourselves and for all those around us, and we should hope to Hashem that He will send us those salvations.
 
And along similar lines, we now look at a piece from the Chofetz Chaim in his Sefer Machaneh Yisrael (2:2) where he writes, Every single Jew should hope for Hashem's salvation every single day. Because the salvation of Hashem comes at the blink of an eye. And just like we say in the Shemona Esrei, for your salvation we have hoped the entire day Hashem, tSfarim teach that one should not only hope for the salvation of the ultimate redemption and the ending of the exile, but rather with regards to every form of distressing situation, we should place our hope in Hashem that He will protect us from such situations.
 
Let us remind ourselves that one of the fundamentals about Bitachon is to specifically hope to Hashem to send us the things that we require in the way that we require.
 
“Hashem my dear Father, I am learning here that one of the most basic elements of bitachon is to place our hope in You and to hope to You Hashem that You will send my salvation. Hashem my dear Father, I am currently struggling tremendously to make ends meet at the end of each month, and I am coming to You my dear Father to place my trust and hope and reliance in You that You will send my salvation. Hashem I am prepared and ready and doing my best to fulfill the mitzvah of Ishtadlus, but I am also trying to digest that it can be a tremendous stumbling block to assume that our Hishtadlus, our efforts in this world, is what brings us our own success, God forbid that is very close to idol worship.
 
It is You exclusively Hashem who brings me my success. And that being the case Hashem, I am asking You, please Hashem, send me other avenues where I should be able to even have more time available to devote towards Torah learning and davening to You and talking to You, and I should be able to have a respectable job in a way that we can have the parnasssah at we need, knowing with absolute clarity, without a shadow of a doubt, that my parnassah comes 100% from You, not flattering any boss in the wrong way, nor anything similar, but rather Hashem I am coming to You and placing my hope in You, because I know that You can do anything Hashem, You own all the money in the world, You are the one who creates opportunities for people, and I am asking You Hashem, please send me a good opportunity where I should be able to be happy at my work, and I should be able to succeed financially, whilst at the same time, succeed in the true sense of the word, that I am a true success story when it comes to emunah and bitachon, and placing my hope in You, because ultimately Hashem, I know that my success, be it financial or any other area, does not come from anyone, nor anything, except for You, Hashem my dear Father, I am placing my hope in You and I am asking You Hashem, please do not let me down.”
 
B’ezrat Hashem, let's move forward in this incredible journey about bitachon, and transform our lives.

We're moving forward now, B’ezrat Hashem, to the next Torah passage we're going to be exploring. And this is a piece from one of the commentaries to the Shulchan Aruch, the Shaarei Teshuva (see Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 118), where he writes, In the Shemona Esrei, in the passage Es Tzemach David Avdecha, we tell Hashem that for Your salvation we have hoped, Hashem, and says the Shaarei Tsehuva that when we say these words “for your salvation we have hoped”, We should actually have intention that we have hoped for the ultimate salvation, which is really the coming of Mashiach and the ending of the exile. So the main thing to pray for, says the Shaarei Teshuva, is for the ultimate redemption.
 
And again, the Shaarei Teshuva is teaching us here what we should have in mind when we say these words of the Shemona Esrei, That we are having hope in Your salvation, Hashem. But obviously, this idea can be extended to not only the words of the Shemona Esrei, but any time we delve into Hashem in our own words, as we've elaborated on many times previously. This idea of hoping to Hashem for the ultimate redemption should be at the forefront of our minds.
 
And the Sharei Tshuva now quotes from one of the great rabbis, who states that besides having in mind for the ultimate salvation, he also has in mind the personal salvations that he needs in his life. So we're learning two things here from the Sharei Tshuva. Firstly, we should have in mind that the ultimate salvation is the salvation of the ending of the exile and Hashem bringing Mashiach, and ultimately that also leading to salvation in every and all other areas.
 
And secondly, we should also have in mind our personal salvations that we need, be it paranossa, be it family relationships, illness, or any other situation we might be experiencing. But it is so important to also remember, guys, as so many other Torah passages teach us, it is not only about our own personal problems.
 
We are all accountable for one another, and there are so many people going through so many things. We are to pray and hope for one another, and constantly, We see someone in trouble, we see someone going through a difficult situation, as the one who doesn't pray for them, as the Gemara says, is considered a sinner, because maybe our prayer will just be the only one that makes its way up to Hashem to help this individual.
 
So let us take to heart that both through the official texts, such as Shemona Esrei, as well as through our personal prayers, we are to hope to Hashem for the ultimate redemption as well as for all our personal redemptions and salvations, but not to limit it to ourselves, but rather to remember one another, that we are to pray for one another, and constantly hope that Hashem will send our salvation. B'ezrat Hashem, let's continue on this most incredible journey about Bitachon, and transform our lives.

We now move forward to a beautiful passage from the Malbim to Tehillim (27:14), where the Malbim states, Placing one's hope in Hashem differs from placing one's hope in another individual in two ways. Firstly, that when we rely on another individual, that actually causes pain and grief in our heart. Because sometimes when we rely on another individual, we get let down, either because that individual tricked us and did not help us out in the way we needed, or alternatively, even when it comes to a well-meaning individual, because they are limited by their human resources and capacity, we might have been let down because they were not able to help us in the way that we needed.
 
Whereas when it comes to placing our hope in Hashem, not only does that not cause us grief and pain to our hearts, but rather it has the opposite effect. It causes us a feeling of strength and courage in our hearts. Because we know we are in the hands of the master of the universe, who certainly can help us, and when we rely on Hashem properly to its highest degree, as we've learned so many times by Bitachon, we know that He will help us without a shadow of a doubt.
 
And the Malbim now states the second difference that there is between relying on another individual as opposed to relying on Hashem: When we are hoping to another individual for a certain outcome, the hope itself is not the desired result, but rather what we truly desire is the desired result itself. So let's say, I am hoping to a doctor to cure me. I don't place any value necessarily in the actual act of hoping to the doctor to send me my cure, but rather I just want to be cured. And therefore it comes out that the true goal of placing my hope in another individual is to not have to hope in them anymore, because I'm hoping now that this individual will give me money, and the goal is that I should get the money and not need to place my hope to them anymore.
 
Whereas hoping to Hashem is an ends to itself, and not just a means to an ends. It is not just that I'm hoping to Hashem to send my salvation, and the goal is receiving my salvation. Rather, the hope itself that I'm placing in Hashem has tremendous intrinsic value. To the point that the whole purpose of placing our hope in Hashem is not just that we're hoping to receive our desired result, but rather it is building a relationship with Hashem. And one of the main ways that we build our relationship with Hashem is hoping to Hashem for all of our needs.
 
Although ideally, certainly each one of us want to receive the salvations that we are hoping Hashem will send us, however much more important than actually receiving the salvation is the act of placing our kivui, our hope and reliance on Hashem. Because as we've discussed many times, receiving the salvation that we need, although it might be something that we see as the grand prize, however ultimately, a relationship with Hashem and everything that that leads to is way greater than the greatest grand prize that we might be able to imagine for ourselves.
 
So it's much more than just receiving the salvation. It's actually about creating a personal relationship with Hashem, and when we hope in Hashem once, what that should ultimately lead to is hoping in Hashem again and again and again. Because it's not about just receiving what I need and then being done with the hope, but rather we see tremendous intrinsic value in the kivui itself. B'ezrat Hashem, let's move forward in this incredible journey together and transform our Bitachon.

So we begin now, part 6 of our Transform Your Bitachon series. And the question we're going to be exploring is how does kivui relate to Bitachon? What exactly is kivui and what does that have to do with Bitachon? So let's just look at one or two passages before we talk about it further. The first passage in the Torah itself, in Bereshis (19:18), when the Torah is recounting a long passage where Yaakov Avinu is giving his sons, the 12 tribes, his final message before his departure from this world, it states, “I have hoped for Your salvation, Hashem.” And similarly speaking, we see in Tehillim (27:14), where David HaMelech teaches us, that we are to hope in Hashem, and if He did not yet come through for us, in our hope and prayer and reliance on Him, we are to be strong and courageous in re-motivating ourselves to re-hope in Hashem, and re-hope in Hashem, until He comes through for us in the way that we need. Kivui means hoping in Hashem.
 
Now while Bitachon is the overall topic we're learning about and has many sub-topics under its umbrella, one of the most fundamental elements of what it means to have Bitachon in Hashem is to have kivui in Hashem, to place our hope in Hashem. And while in a certain sense the two ideas of kivui and Bitachon certainly interrelate and overlap, at the same time it is very beneficial to highlight and delve into this section of kivui as its own section, and do our best to clarify what the Torah sources teach us about this topic. Now before we move further, to exploring the rest of the Torah sources in this section, I would just like to recap what we saw in one of the most fundamental pieces about Bitachon in the previous section, and that is a piece from the Leshem.
 
The Leshem taught us that if Hashem would come to you and tell you in a direct, clear revelation, my child, this is what I want you to do, and the mission that He gives you is something that is a little bit scary or perhaps dangerous and the like. Now if Hashem Himself tells you, don't worry, you are to take on this mission and I guarantee you I will protect you and come through for you. Now if Hashem would do that, most believing Jews who are striving to have Emunah and Bitachon would not even hesitate about fulfilling the mission that Hashem has sent them on, because He Himself has told you to do it, and He Himself has also told you that He will come through for you and save you.
 
Now the Leshem extended this idea in the most fascinating way to any and every situation that we might go through in our lives. The Leshem taught us that because there are so many verses throughout the Torah where Hashem calls on us, when you have a problem you must rely on Me, that I will come through for you in the way that you need. Hashem does not tell us, just accept it with love that everything I'm doing is for the best and move on. No, He says, if you're going through a problem, rely on Me that I will send your salvation. And because of that, it is as if Hashem has already written down in the Torah, when you Mr. X or you Mrs. Y are suffering poverty or going through a certain illness, I'm telling you to rely on Me, and if you do rely on Me, I will take you out that illness and I will send you all the paranosah that you need.
 
It's as if that line has been written in the Torah because Hashem has told you, you are going to have an issue and you are going to need to rely on Me and I'm telling you that you must rely on Me, and if you do so, I will come through for you. And the reason that I'm bringing up this Torah passage again is because this is a good foundation to this whole topic of kivui and of how kivui relates to Bitachon. What kivui, simply speaking, means is to hope in Hashem that He will come through for us in the way that we need and in the way that we desire. B’ezrat Hashem, let's continue in the next session on this incredible journey about Bitachon and together transform our lives.

Guys, today we're going to round up the section that we've been dealing with in our Transform Your Bitachon series. And the question was, why must Hashem come through for me? We discussed that according to most opinions, what bitachon means is to rely on Hashem to such an extent that He will for sure come through for me in the way that I need. And the question that we ask is, why must Hashem come through for me? Who says I even deserve it? What is the mechanism that tells me that for sure Hashem must come through for me if I am relying on Him? And we looked at three passages that helped shed some light on this topic of our bitachon journey.
 
The first one was a midrash in Tehillim where the midrash stated that there was an individual who got arrested in a certain town and because he didn't want to be dealt with harshly by the police, he lied to them and told them, Please do not hurt me because I am part of the family of the king. The police believed the individual and in the morning when they brought this individual to the king, the king said to him, I do not recognize you. And the man said, Listen, I know I am not from your family and I know I behaved incorrectly by telling a lie and telling them that I am from your family.
 
However, my dear king, the only reason I did so was because I needed a way out of this terrible situation that I'm in and I knew that my only way to salvation was to rely on you and tell them that, Please, because of the king, I am from his family, save me due to the king's merit. Now, my king, I beg you, Please, because I've relied on you, come through for me and don't leave me hanging. And as the midrash ends off, David HaMelech teaches us that anyone who does the same with Hashem and says, Hashem, I am relying on you, Please, therefore, save me, Hashem will save him because of that reason exclusively.
 
We similarly saw a beautiful passage from the Chofetz Chaim where the Chofetz Chaim explained that when the angels guised as human beings who appeared as guests to Lot in the town of Sedom, when the townspeople came and wanted to harm those guests, Lot pleaded with them, Please, my people, do not do them harm. And his only argument was, Because they have relied on me, it is my responsibility to take care of them. Not because they are good people, not because you are doing something inappropriate, nor because of any other reason, but just because they have relied on me, that itself is enough of a reason and motivator for me to do anything and everything within my resources to make sure that they are taken care of and protected. And the Chofetz Chaim told us that as we see from other Torah passages, that Lot is not seen as an upright individual. And nevertheless, he understood this most basic fundamental idea about accountability to another human being who is relying on you.
 
And as the Chofetz Chaim continues, certainly when it comes to the Great King of all kings, Hashem Himself, when we choose to rely on Him, for sure He will not let us down, and He will come through for us and send us our salvation. And the words of the Chofetz Chaim are that when a person relies on Hashem, Hashem will for sure save you and send your salvation from all challenging circumstances.
 
And finally, we explore the most beautiful and fundamental piece from the Leshem, where the Leshem taught us that by the fact that the Torah itself calls on us in so many Torah passages to rely on Hashem when we are in distress, when we are short of money, when we are suffering illness, when we are going through a certain challenging relationship, or whatever it might be, each one of us in our own lives, by the fact that there are so many verses where Hashem calls on us and tells us, Please my child, you have a problem, you must rely on Me that I will take care of your problem. And because of this, the Leshem teaches us that just like Hashem came through for the people in the Torah itself, where He gave them outright commands to do very specific missions and said, Do not worry, when you do that mission, I will come through for you, because Hashem has commanded us to rely on Him throughout any and every situation that we go through, again, be it poverty, illness, or anything else. It is as if Hashem has commanded us to go through that situation and told us, Do not worry, I will come through for you. And it's as if He's told that to us in a direct revelation.
 
We'll end off with one more beautiful piece, and that is from Rashi to Tehillim (50:15), where Rashi writes, Hashem says, it is My honor that I save those that rely on Me. Again, it is beneath Hashem's, so to speak, dignity and honor to not come through for someone who is choosing to place their hope and reliance on Hashem. What a tremendous privilege we have to be able to tap into this power of bitachon and rely on Hashem to the point that we know that when we rely on Hashem, He will for sure come through for us in the way that we desire and that we need. B'ezrat Hashem, let's continue in this most incredible bitachon journey together and transform our lives.

Guys today we have a very fundamental torah piece we’re going to be exploring. And this is authored by Rav Shlomo Eliyashiv, who is actually the great grandfatrher of the great Rav yosef Shalom Eliyashiv from our generation. Rav Shlomo Eliyashiv, known as the Leshem, because of his Torah work – Leshem Shevo Veachlama, in one of his books known as the sefer hadeah (Chelek 2, drush 5, anaf 4, siman 5), writes the following remarkable idea. One is to be so confident in their reliance on Hashem that their situation will turn out for the good and when a person is choosing to rely on Hashem, they can be so confident in that reliance on Hashem that Hashem will come through for them in exactly the way that they need and nothing whatsoever can distract Hashem from sending their salvation. Hashem will for sure come through for them.
 
Because the concept of Bitachon is not limited to an explicit passage in the Torah such as when Hashem gave certain commands to our great ancestors in the Torah itself to do certain things, and then they were called on to have Bitachon to Him. Now one might argue, if Hashem also came to me in a revelation and told me to do something, I would do it and then I would rely on Him because He's told me clearly what I am to do. So one might argue, in situations such as the characters in the Torah itself where Hashem told them to do specific things and go on certain missions, they were able to have Bitachon in Hashem that Hashem would come through for them in exactly the way that was good for them and that He told them He would come through for them because He told them so. But me, Hashem did not speak to me and tell me that He was going to come through for me in the way that I am desiring. In fact, I am asking Hashem for Parnassah. I don't know if He wants me to have Parnassah. I am asking Hashem to give me health. I don't know if He wants me to have health.
 
And says the Leshem, one of the most fundamental ideas behind this whole journey of Bitachon, but also the concept of Bitachon applies just as much to situations where there is no explicit command from Hashem in the Torah to rely on Him in that specific situation. By the fact that there are so many pesukim in the Torah that call on us to constantly reach out to Hashem and hope to Hashem and rely on Hashem, that He is the one that will take care of us and when we are in a challenging situation to look up to Hashem that He will send us our salvation, and many verses in the Torah, such as this example that the Leshem brings, promise that somebody who trusts in Hashem, Hashem will come through for them, it is as if Hashem has written this situation that we are going through in the Torah itself and telling us, you are to rely on Me and I will come through for you.
 
So not only in situations where Hashem commands the individuals in the Torah stories themselves and says you are to go on certain missions, and even though it might seem like a dangerous mission, don't worry, I will come through for you in a good way. Bitachon is not limited to those situations. Rather, each and every one of us in our own situations. Because Hashem has commanded us in so many verses, when you have a problem, you are to rely on Me. So when I'm going through a challenging relationship and I come to Hashem and I say, Hashem please save me from this challenging situation. I'm relying on You and You exclusively to save me. It is as if Hashem has told me in the Torah, you are going to go through a challenging relationship and I am going to save you by the fact that so many pesukim command us to rely on Hashem.
 
Any situation where we need Hashem and we choose to rely on Him, it was as if Hashem had commanded us to go through that situation and had pre-told us that He will come through for us. Bezrat Hashem in the next session, we're going to round up part 5 of our Transform Your Bittachon series. And thereafter, continue to the next section of our Bittachon journey, and with Hashem's help, together, transform our lives.

We're moving forward now to the next Torah source we're going to be exploring. And this is a passage from the Chofetz Chaim (Zechor Lemiriam, Chapter 20). The Chofetz Chaim writes that we have found in the Torah a proof to internalize just how great the power of bitachon, of relying on Hashem is. And we can see this from the story in the Torah where the town of Sedom was about to be destroyed, and Hashem sent some heavenly angels in the guise of human beings to inform Lot on what was about to happen in order to give him a chance to escape and be saved. But again to Lot they appeared as human messengers. And as we know in the story in the Torah, that the wicked people of Sedom were trying to harm these messengers, these outsiders.
 
And what was Lot's response to his wicked neighbors and people of the town? Please do not cause these people any harm. Why? Because they have chosen to take shelter in my roof.
 
Continues the Chofetz Chaim, This means to say - They chose to rely on me that I am able to be their security and save them from you wicked individuals. And therefore Lot was begging his wicked neighbors, asking them please to leave these individuals alone. Why? Because they have relied on me. Again we are seeing here this most basic principle. When someone relies on you, you are accountable to come through for them. Lot understood this with absolute clarity and therefore the sole reason he asked his neighbors and townspeople to leave these individuals alone was not because they are good people or you guys are doing bad things, but rather please they have relied on me and therefore it is completely inappropriate for me not to be accountable and responsible towards them.
 
 And continues the Chofetz Chaim. We know from other Torah passages that Lot actually was not an upright individual whatsoever. Even though Lot was not an upright individual, he understood this most basic fundamental idea. That when someone relies on you, you are accountable to come through for them. And this story was written down in the Torah. The Torah passages are not just history lessons, but rather each episode that is recorded has a specific message and take home for us. And says the Chofetz Chaim that one of the most important take homes from this episode of Lot asking the people of his town to please leave his guests alone and not cause them harm because they have relied on him is to teach us that when someone relies on you, you are accountable and you must do anything and everything possible within your capacity and resources to make sure that those that have relied on you are taken care of in the way that they have relied on you.
 
And continues the Chofetz Chaim. How much more so this applies to Hashem Himself who is not limited by human capacities with all our issues and problems and challenges that we have, that Hashem Himself is really the source of all mercy and compassion, when a person relies on Hashem with sincerity, Hashem will certainly help that individual to be saved from all forms of evil.
 
Again, we see clearly in this beautiful passage from the Chofetz Chaim. When one relies on Hashem, Hashem will for sure come through for you and save you from the challenging situation that you are going through. It does not say here that hopefully He will save you, but maybe He might have other calculations why He might not come through for you in the way that you desire.
 
No, the Chofetz Chaim is teaching us when you rely on Hashem, Hashem is accountable to come through for you for the sole reason that you have chosen to rely on Him. Bezrat Hashem, in the next session, let's continue with the next passage we're going to be exploring about Bitachon and with Hashem's help, together transform our lives.

Guys, we continue this incredible Bittachan journey, so we discussed in the previous session, that when we rely on Hashem, he will not let us down. Because someone who is reliable does not let people down. A human king, who is supposedly reliable, does not let people down. How much more so, Hashem himself does not let people down. Now, before we continue with the next passage, I would just like to highlight an important fundamental principle that applies to all of Bitachon. And that is that, unfortunately, in today's day and age, many people do not have a good grasp of what it means to live with full responsibility and accountability.
 
Hashem created us in this world with the opportunity to have free choice in the way that we respond to situations. And one of the things that we have free choice for is, are we going to be accountable for our responsibilities? So an easy example to relate to if someone has a newborn baby. Now, this baby is relying on its mother to give it its food. Now, it's obvious and easy for all of us to understand that a mother who would completely negate her responsibility to feed the child and just allow the child to go hungry is abusing her position of authority to this child who needs her to feed him. It is her absolute responsibility to make sure that this child is taken care of and fed.
 
And in a similar vein, as children grow older, we are also responsible to take care of their needs. And similarly, husband and wife have responsibility and accountability to one another. And obviously, this idea can be extended to all areas of our lives, be it with friends and other relationships and with our business colleagues and the like. We are accountable for our actions and we need to take responsibility when someone is relying on us. A doctor is accountable for his patients who are relying on his services. And the same goes with any service provider who is accountable to do their best to come through for those who are relying on their services.
 
Now, the reason we might have a difficult time initially understanding how Bitachon works is because, unfortunately, this concept of accountability and responsibility is sometimes foreign to the Western world way of thinking of our generation, where people are just looking to avoid all forms of accountability and responsibility and just live a life without responsibilities and just self-gratifying enjoyment. Whereas when one is privy to adopt the mode of thought of the Torah itself, which teaches us that people are supposed to be accountable and responsible, all the more so people in a state of high power, a president, a king and the like, where many people are relying on them. An upright and responsible person is certainly accountable for those relying on him.
 
And certainly the greatest of the great king of all kings, Hashem himself, when someone relies on him and says, Hashem, I'm relying on you. I need you. Hashem will not leave that person hanging because if we are choosing to rely on Hashem, he knows we need him. He knows we are relying on him and he will therefore come through for us. This concept is a fundamental. B’ezrat Hashem, in the next session, we're going to move forward to the next Torah source in this part of our journey of the Transform Your Bitachon series and with Hashem's help together, transform our lives.

Guys, I'm super excited to move forward, B'zrat Hashem, to the next section in our Transform Your Bitachon series, where the question we're going to be exploring with the accompanying Torah sources is, why must Hashem come through for me? And as we've alluded to in the previous sections, there could be many considerations in Hashem's books, why He might not come through for us. And perhaps most obviously we could ask, who says Hashem owes it to me? For what reason must we say that if I rely on Hashem, He must come through for me? B'ezrat Hashem, in this section, we're going to gain a better understanding of the exact mechanism of why it is that if we choose to place our Bitachon, to rely on Hashem, that He must come through for us.
 
So the first Torah passage we're going to be visiting is the Midrash Tehillim (chapter 25, verse 2). And the Midrash says, there was a story that took place during the night time, in a certain town, where a man was arrested. And the Midrash now tells of the man's response to his communication with the police. The man begged them to leave him alone and not deal with him harshly, claiming he belonged to the family of the king. The police therefore left him alon, not dealing with him harshly, until the morning.
 
In the morning, they brought this man to the king and they said to him, we arrested a man from your family. Now seeing as the king was not able to recognize this man, the king said to him, My son, do you recognize me? Do you know me? And the man says, no. So the king says to the man, If so, why did you tell the police that you are a member of the king's family if in truth you are not? The man said back to the king, I beg you. I am not a member of the king's family. But my king, I relied on you. Because if I did not tell the police that I was a family member of the king's family, they would have dealt with me harshly. And in order to save myself, I relied on you, my king. The king therefore said to the police, seeing as this person relied on me, let him go. Yes, he lied. He is not from my family and he has no particular merit to get off the hook for what he did. But just because of the sole reason that he relied on me, I will therefore come through for him and save him.
 
Continues the midrash, So too, David Hamelech says, Hashem, my God, I have relied on you and therefore I am asking you, Hashem, that I should not come to any embarrassing situations. And because I have chosen to rely on you, Hashem, that is the reason that you should come through for me and not allow me to experience embarrassing situations. David Hamelech ends off in the midrash, and not only me, but rather anyone who places their hope and their bitachon in you, Hashem, will not come to embarrassing situations.
 
What we're seeing from this midrash is really the foundation of how bitachon works. Because we are choosing to rely on Hashem, that reason itself is the motivator for Hashem coming through for us, even if we've done everything else wrong. But because we are saying, Hashem, I'm relying on you, please save me, it is not appropriate for Hashem to leave us hanging. Even by human individuals, such as the king in the story of the midrash brought, where the individual relied on the king, it would not be appropriate for the king to just leave the individual hanging, but rather he must come through for him. And in a similar vein, when anyone chooses to rely on Hashem, Hashem will come through for them because it is not appropriate for Hashem to leave an individual who's relying on him hanging.
 
B'ezrat Hashem, let's continue on this incredible journey together about bitachon and transform our lives.

B’ezrat Hashem, today we’re wrapping up this part of our Transform Your Bitachon series. Just a quick summary of what we explored in this section.
We brought a passage from the Midrash to Tehillim (Chapter 31), which stated, שֶׁכָּל מִי שֶׁבּוֹטֵחַ בִּשְׁמִי אֲנִי מַצִּילוֹ — that anybody who trusts in Hashem will be saved. Again, highlighting to us exactly what Bitachon is all about.
We thereafter explored a passage from the Zohar HaKadosh (Shemos 22a), which stated that when somebody is confident in their absolute Bitachon and reliance on Hashem, nothing and no one in the world can cause them any harm whatsoever.
We then saw a piece from Rabbeinu Yonah (Mishlei 3:6), where he states that besides for the main reward for Bitachon, which is really going to be repaid in the next world and is much greater than anything you can receive in this world, תַּצְלִיחַ בַּמַּעֲשֶׂה הַהוּא — you will be successful in that thing that you are relying on Hashem for. It is not only that Hashem can help you in this situation, but you are able to rely on Hashem to such an extent that He will for sure help you in this situation.
We then explored a piece from Rabbeinu Bechayei (Devarim, Chapter 11), that if a person has Bitachon in Hashem, יִנָּצֵל מִן הַצָּרָה — you will be saved from that situation. Again, Rabbeinu Bechayei highlighting to us that the mechanics of Bitachon is that if you trust in Hashem, you will for sure be saved from the situation that you fear.
We then looked at the Maharal (Nesivos Olam, Bitachon, Chapter 1), where the Maharal stated that someone who has Bitachon in Hashem, כָּל הַדְּבָרִים נַעֲשִׂים לוֹ לְטוֹבָה — everything will turn out for you for the good. Again, the Maharal highlighting to us just how powerful Bitachon is, that when we place our reliance on Hashem exclusively, everything will turn out for the good.
We then saw the Chofetz Chaim (Zechor L’Miriam, Chapter 20), where he says that כַּאֲשֶׁר יִבְטַח בּוֹ הָאָדָם בֶּאֱמֶת — when a person relies on Hashem with truth and sincerity, בְּוַדַּאי יַעַזְרֶנּוּ הקב"ה לְהִנָּצֵל מִכָּל רַע — Hashem will for sure help you to be saved from all evil, again highlighting to us the tremendous power of Bitachon, that when we are sincere in our reliance on Hashem, it is an absolute that Hashem will save us from challenging situations.
We then saw the Meshech Chochmah (Parashas Eikev, Devarim 10:20), where he said שֶׁבָּעִנְיָן שֶׁהוּא בּוֹטֵחַ יוֹשִׁיעֵהוּ ה' מִצַּד הַחֶסֶד — that Hashem will for sure send your salvation for the thing that you are relying on Him for.
And the final passage that we are going to view in this section is a piece from the Sefer Beis HaLevi Al HaTorah (page 53), where he writes, עַל יְדֵי מִדַּת הַבִּטָּחוֹן יְכוֹלִים לְהַשִּׂיג כָּל דָּבָר — through the attribute of Bitachon you are able to attain anything.
As we’ve mentioned so many times, the concept of Bitachon is literally all over the Torah, throughout Tanach, throughout Tehillim, and throughout Torah literature. Not only does Hashem allow us to rely on Him, but we are called, as the greatest mitzvah, to place our reliance in Hashem—not only to know that He can come through for me, but to trust that He will come through for me and send my salvation in the way that I need.
At the same time, we internalize that the main reward for Bitachon is not receiving what we need in this world, but in truth something much greater than that, because the reward for us in the next world for just being on this Bitachon journey, trying to take steps forward, is much greater than anything we could even fathom as a reward in this world.
At the same time, we remember that the precondition for the axiom of Bitachon, which Hashem created in the creation of the world, to work without any shadow of a doubt and without any exceptions, is to be so confident in Hashem without any backup plan—no plan B. And when I am able to reach such a state of Bitachon, there is nothing that can get in the way.
As the Beis HaLevi is teaching us here, עַל יְדֵי מִדַּת הַבִּטָּחוֹן — through Bitachon, יְכוֹלִים לְהַשִּׂיג כָּל דָּבָר — you can attain anything in the world.
What a tremendous privilege it is to be exploring these most potent and powerful passages about Bitachon. B’ezrat Hashem, let’s continue this incredible journey together and transform our Bitachon.