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Bitachon 126 - King David Trusts in This
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We continue our study in Tehillim chapter 27 passuk 3 - the very chapter we are reading now during Elul - L'dovid Hashem Ori. Dovid Hamelech refers to 'this' that he trusts in, despite the enemy encampments that surround him. 'This' refers to the Torah, to the light and guidance of Hashem, and His promise of help for those who trust in Him.
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you're listening to the 126th edition of
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yeshi chapter 27 of Psalms
could govern them King David writes
Hashem you are my light
you are the one who saves me
me who do I have to be afraid of Hashem
you are the strength of my life
to Moon
do I need to be fearful of whom do I
need to be fearful
is
when people come when people who intend
to do evil to me they come
and
they want to eat my flesh
they are oppressors to me
they will just stumble and fall
and here we have in the safer the third
party of this of this chapter
if there will be
a great encampment that comes
in order to do battle against me my
heart will not be afraid
if
if a a battle will come
I trust in this
what is this
so the simple understanding will see
both the symbol understanding of the
verse and we'll also see the deeper
understanding but the simple
understanding is
the fact that Hashem is my light the
fact that I have this be talking the
fact that I have this face
the fact that I know and I've
experienced and I continue to experience
the Sham is taking care of me
that experience that belief that faith
that be talking
is what I come to depend on constantly
even when faced
with very difficult situations
let's see
um
the redox says even if there's a
tremendous amount of of encampments that
surround me and I'm just very few
my heart will not cause me to be fear
fearful which is interesting right
because a person's heart we don't have
such control over our emotions
it's it's natural to be afraid
but though says that because of his
experience or perhaps because of his
strengthening of because of his
statement Hashem is my light Hashem
saves me
because of his strengthening that
statement
he's not afraid everyone's situation is
is dire and it's difficult
to reach Allah says
I see
even if they will be an enemy encampment
that comes nearby in order to grab me to
catch me Loyola
I won't be afraid because I'm so certain
I'm so certain in my heart
that Hashem will not give me over to
them
if they'll come to battle with me to
kill me one is to capture one is to kill
either way says
I am absolutely certain that they won't
succeed
I'm sorry
the name Robin
even if there will be an encampment from
the Nations
even though they are they are not Jewish
they're from the nations of the world
and they are many
and I need to come to war with them we
need to which battle with them I need to
protect my country I need to protect
police or the Jewish people
I'm certain in this what's this so the
passion is a simple understanding is
it's referring back to that which he
said previously which is
Hashem I'm certain in this
I reinforce my trust in Hashem because
I've seen that he is my light
and he saves me
CH says
what does this mean
s
because he's already
grown
his soul has has flowered and developed
in his pitachen in his in his belief in
Hashem his recognition that Hashem is
with him
and he strengthened into his nature it
became second nature to him that he
trusts in Hashem
and he fears Hashem and he knows he's
doing what's right
and he knows that has been talking works
and when he trust in Hashem it works
like we said so even though there is so
many people who are coming out against
him
there are so many
uh such a big army that's coming out to
battle with him
he's not afraid initiative attack
because he trusted in that which he
mentioned that Hashem is my light Hashem
is my salvation
now let's see
a bit of a deeper understanding of this
and that is that what is the business
what does it mean perhaps we can say
Hashem is my light
and Hashem is my salvations the word
irie which means my light
can also mean my teacher
a Moira is a teacher someone who teaches
someone who guides
so we'll see
what is this that we trust in it's the
Torah it's the terror itself it's the
laws that Hashem has given us
spends 22 times I believe it's eight
silken in you know all of the letters of
the alphabet
es all through
tests 119 in Psalms talking about the
power of Terror the beauty of Torah how
he was so dedicated to studying hashem's
word
again
says it's referring to the nations of
the world if they come and want to do
battle against me lo you really be my
heart is not afraid
what does he mean I trust in this
foreign
to it it's something that's so clear
it's so apparent it's so obvious it's
sitting right in front of us
it's so clear look through history
3 300 years the Jewish people are around
this is the terror this is what keeps Us
Alive these are the ingredients for
success in life
I trust
I trust in the Torah I trust in hashem's
law I trust in his guidance I trust in
his
unbelievable
rules for engagement with the world
brings the character
is
just quoted foreign
in these two verses King David is
teaching us
the advantage of the terror the power of
the terror
ism
somebody was involved in Torah
studying the Torah
mulling the turret trying to understand
the terror trying to unearth
the hidden secrets of the Torah
so such a person merits to have two
great advantages
one is
an apparent advantage and that is that
there's an advantage for the physical
body
I have a physical advantage
on a simple level we can say I'm a happy
person I'm I've clear what my goals are
in life
if I'm accomplishing I'm accomplishing
within the tire I'm accomplishing
spiritual accomplishments
foreign
the second point the second Advantage is
something which we don't see here and
that is
the accomplishment that I have waiting
for me
the reward that's waiting for me in the
world to come
so now he explains
the fact that Domino's is studying the
Torah the fact that he is learning and I
would add teaching
the fact that King David he was a bison
he was the one whom people came to to
ask their Shadows ask their questions
the fact that this is what his
involvement was
his main mukama what was his main battle
it wasn't the hunter or even battling
with his enemies
it was the Battle of the state of Terror
but in the Merit of the fact that he was
involved in learning Torah
that was the Merit that allowed him that
his enemy should fall beneath him he's
not afraid of them
that's what he said
in this person I'm not going to be
afraid if the enemies come to do better
with me because I have the school super
Terror I have the Merit of studying the
Torah that will stand for me protect me
and bring about my success
and I would add the word right the word
which means battle the root of the word
is also which is the battle but it's
also lakhan which means bread
because there's also a certain battle
for our bread
right about a person whose asek is Torah
his involvement is in Torah
so he will have success in that battle
as well
the fruit of the tower the result of
studying Torah is that when the enemies
are destroyed
because man shall use realizing
materials
this is a general principle look through
look through Tanakh as long as the
Jewish people were involved in studying
Torah being faithful to Torah being
faithful in their relationship they
constantly overcame their enemies
as a result again of them being involved
in learning Torah protected them from
all of their enemies
now I would like to read to you two
pieces here
one's called the food says it's from the
foods Yehuda the rush
his name is
listen to the beauty how beautiful
the the way that that the sweet singer
King David the sweet singer of Israel
the way that he expressed
his his
foreign
and to help us be protected from the
Nations around us but there's another
level
a deeper level and that's the eight
Sahara
the who is the who is our enemy
who has all these minions
alongside him trying to take us down
that's the a Sahara the evil inclination
if the evil inclination comes with all
of his minions to try to to try to
subdue me to try to destroy me
loyali be the sickly
my art and my mind will not be afraid
because with the help of Hashem my help
my my power right he's referring back to
the second before
is my light that's that's a the light of
the intellect
is the power of my life with the real
power the spiritual power
I will be able through the Torah
to be able to overcome
when I reached this point
of incredible victory
is
when another battle will come
with another challenge will come
the fact that I already succeeded in
battle
that will help me in my future battles
because
the there's a there's something about
that Nissan that victory that stays
forever right always means Victory as in
the word netsak which is forever what
about the victories forever
and it stands for me in every other
battle I'm going to face
meaning the fact that it should help me
in the past I can always use that again
in the future
if I know that Hashem help me then I can
be assured that he's going to help me
now
where is
this is exactly what we find that King
David says
in regards to what he fought against
golias
goliathlete
what did he say comes to shall mail he
says I think that I can battle glorious
why why do you think that is
because I already had success in battle
with a lion and with a bear
oh yeah
this is
a was uncircumcised plishti philistine
they'll be no different than them
so the push-up Shadow means he saw that
he had said he saw that he had a Divine
help
in in battling with the lion with the
bear so he knew that he would have to
line up again
in regards to golias
there's another level
that hidden in his words is when he says
that I overcame the line on the bear
doesn't just mean the physical line and
the physical bear but it's a reference
evil inclination a shared
Ariba mrim
that the the evil inclination hides in
the shadows like a lion
and he stands in Ambush she waits an
ambush like a bear
I mean he said one of your fair name
King David was somebody who was a
passionate person he had red hair which
indicated his passion he had beautiful
eyes he was a good looking person
despite that he knew about himself that
he was able to conquer his evil
inclination
and he was even fashioned when he was
created when he was when he was
conceived there was a certain sin in his
conception
which affected him spiritually
but he knew that he was able to overcome
all these challenges
he had determination
he had dedication
he cared about his spiritual aspects
again
if he knew that he could conquer himself
he'd conquer his own nature
certainly he could conquer
others
a powerful idea
foreign
he can overcome himself he can overcome
this Philistine he has the spiritual
power
he knows he can overcome him as well
incredible
so the basis
according to the basis of his of his
recognition of his power of His courage
of his bitachham
was because he had used it already
he had or perhaps he had developed it
already through his conquering it
through his conquering of himself
through his conquering of his base
nature
lastly it brings the Joshua Rush
through it
this is something we mentioned before
it's important to to reiterate and to
understand
would go out to war when he would wage
battle
Royale
wasn't like a king Napoleon Bonaparte
who wants to be the ruler of the world
it wasn't like that it wasn't like he's
trying to make a name for himself to be
famous
to spread his to spread his greatness to
the whole world
the entire purpose
of his battles
was only in order that they should be
protected that they should be safe
that they should be able to not be
worried about all of those around them
all the nations that surround them like
the ties of the shifter in the earlier
Generations before King David
so there were battles where the Mojave
people with the plushti people and they
were constantly being placed under the
boot of the Nations around them
wanted to create a situation where we
didn't have to worry about the enemies
around us
we are safe from our enemies
right it speaks about all of the wars
that he has to fight he's not afraid
because he trust in Hashem but what
comes next which we are reading now so
it's important to understand these
things
what's the continuation he's talking
about war and he's talking about oh I
just want to sit and learn
I only have one request of Hashem I want
to be able to sit in the house of Hashem
all the days of my life
that's exactly
foreign
this is why he was so positive he was so
he was so assured inside of himself he's
going to win the war why
because it wasn't that he wanted the war
itself
it was because he wanted to have
complete
quiet he wanted to have
he wanted to have rest
from the pressure of the Nations around
him why for one reason
so he could serve Hashem
so he could sit in the house of Hashem
in quiet and in peace
and be able to study and learn and
reinforce is thank you so much for
listening we'll see you again next time