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Bitachon 147 - Bitachon Redeems Us
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We continue our study in the passuk in Tehillim chapter 34 passuk 23, which speaks of how Hashem redeems the soul of His servants, and finds no guilt in those who trust in Him. This means that Bitachon has an amazing side effect - that we are judged more favorably by Hashem when we are striving to have a good relationship with Him!
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you're listening to the 147th edition of
the podcast we continue in the
list the last in chapter 34 of to hillan
says as
follows Hashem redeems the soul of his
servants and those who trust in him
Hashem does not find them
guilty now it's interesting before we
actually study this ping together I'd
like to point out that if you look at
the chapter of chapter 34 so it's a song
that was written by when he was saved he
had gone in to he had been captured by a
king and he acted like he was crazy and
then he was able to
escape and he wrote this um this Psalm
this toila chapter 34 and it's an
alphabetical order so the P hasem this P
that we're reading is letter P but it's
not in the middle it's at the end after
he finishes the entire alphabet so he
adds another PK which starts with a pay
and I find that interesting
because if he didn't leave it with the
with the alphabet and he felt that there
was something important to say perhaps
as a summation of what he was trying to
bring across in the in the
tahila in that song so it's an message
or it's the the foundational message of
the entire of the entire chapter so
again wants us to
know right he's willing to step out of
the PO The Poetry the olive B is the
order and he wants us to have a bottom
line understanding
Hashem redeems the soul of his
servant and those who trust in him those
who trust in hem will not be found
guilty so let's see the here the yid
says like this he has two different
ideas
first redeems the Servants of Hashem
redeems the sikim the righteous
individuals that they don't they don't
experience the negative experiences of
the wicked
when it comes to a person who's an
absolute sad he's doing everything right
doesn't make mistakes okay there's no
such thing as a he doesn't make any
mistakes but he does Chua
immediately so they're completely
redeemed right the first part of the P
says that Hashem
redeems redeem means to take them out
completely there's no there's nothing
bad that befalls
them what about those who trust in hem
who aren't necessarily fully righteous
we're trying to be righteous we're
trying to be good we're trying to do
hm's will but we're not all the way
there says the in the first that
although it's true that a person may be
imperfect naturally but what Hashem does
is when we trust in him when we trust in
Hashem completely so it has the effect
of removing our sins as well hasm
doesn't find us guilty in the smaller
things that we've done wrong okay so
this is I don't remember hearing this so
much I don't remember discussing this so
much but this is a a side
benefit a side benefit of being
a is that the removes the guilt right if
our Focus I would say it in in another
way as
well first of all when we have talking
we become more righteous hem ignores the
negative parts of
ourselves number two I would say we have
less time to do stuff wrong we have less
opportunities to make mistakes why
because we're focused on on our
relationship with hem and doing what's
right and on turning to him and we have
to be honest with ourselves if we're
turning to Hashem so we got to be the
kind of people people
who turn to
hasem all right so let's go on theid
says so this is the second because the
first is to do with this world and hasm
removes my sin from this world but this
is another which which okay we we see
all kinds of circumstances in life so so
the first shot I'm sorry the second shot
is that Hashem redeems the soul of his
servants that in the world to come they
don't they don't get punished in the
world to come
why this is a classic idea in Jewish
thought if we get our our punishment in
this
world it's better to to receive youur
and to receive difficulties in this
world and some now even though it's less
the difficulties in this world compared
to the spiritual Tri trials and
tribulations that are person goes
through in this the spiritual World
those are much more difficult so it's
worth it to receive one's punishment in
this
world the
says that when the righteous witness
brings even the sikim they get to pass
through the G the
gam and they see the evil the wicked
people being punished
there they give thanks to God and they
give praise to God for the trouble and
the the pain that they went through in
this world in in the Physical
Realm says in yesah 12:1
Hashem I will thank you because you got
angry at
me because I know that when your anger
subsides you will console me so there's
a challenge a difficulty that we go
through in this
world on the other end we recognize and
we realize and we come to a clear
recognition that this was good for us
this was for our best
he brings here in the
note look
in on the and it will be when you
hear he explains it he explains the P
there in a similar
style Hashem takes away our our sin
takes away our guilt
by having us go through difficulties in
this world and this is a tremendous
kindness there's an idea it's very
important very powerful that the way
that Hashem deals with the Jewish people
when it comes to our
punishment so God collects so to speak
on the debt of stuff that we've done
wrong God collects the debt
slowly right if let's say you owe
$11,000 10 whatever a huge amount let's
say you owe $100,000 so the bank will
come and try to collect from you right
now it's not going to be possible if I
say look I'm going to pay $10,000 a year
for 10 years right about $800 $900 a
month for 10 years that's something that
I can handle so when Hashem comes to
collect the debt for the things that
we've done wrong he does slowly he
spreads it out over
time this is a tremendous kindness that
God
does when it comes to the to the
punishment for our sins that he collects
slowly when it comes to the nations of
the world hasm is a different
he interacts with them differently what
he does is he allows there's a concept
of the the the cup is
full the the cup of Retribution is full
hasem holds back he lets the the nations
of the world do their thing so to speak
he lets them get away with it so to
speak but then when it gets to the to
the Tipping Point it gets to the point
where it's just too much so thenm lets
it all out on them at the same
time he destroys them
completely but the Jewish people hasem
spreads out the
punishment this says the is what I
believe mean when they
say
P says in there are many troubles there
many evil things that befall the
righteous but hashm saves them from all
of
them which means that they don't
experience the full blow they don't feel
like they don't experience like a one
shattering blow at the same all at one
moment but rather the experience of the
sadic the righteous call Israel
generally Jewish people generally but
the Rous individual also
hasem takes the payment in small
measures R when it comes to the wicked
individual hasem tramples him
trampled this is what it means in the P
when it says those who hate the
righteous will
be will be will
be uh
he's understanding the same the word
that we have
here which I translated to mean they
won't be found guilty so he's
understanding it to mean something
different he's understanding to mean
that the the person who trusts in hem
will not be trampled will not be you
know
squashed because of his
sins the evil individual the wicked
person the one who hates the righteous
that person hasem Waits hasem Waits and
then he they get destroyed
completely okay so that's the contrast
between the righteous and the the Rous
individual or the
B the troubles that we experience are me
it out to
us in in in a measured way which was was
not the case by someone who's
Wicked and let's recall I think it's
important to mention whatever we get all
the things that we experience in our
lives don't we don't always understand
it but everything that happens to us
is for our
best theor says like
this Hashem
redeems the soul of his servants from
sinning to him
meaning a
person person's human we're human we try
to do what's wrong Hashem protects thead
person who's a righteous person person
who's striving to be God's
servant that person Hashem helps them
that they shouldn't even
sin
for Hashem will take
away this is an amazing thing hasem
gives hm gives Divine assistance to us
if we're trying to do his will Hashem
removes from us the M the the stumbling
block that could cause us to
fall prevents us from doing something sh
helps us that we shouldn't end up doing
something wrong which is the opposite of
our intent our intent is to do what's
right so hem helps us along the way that
we shouldn't end up getting brought down
the the stumbling blocks are removed
it's like imagine you're walking through
a forest here we are in the forest
imagine you're walking through the
forest and like you're just watching as
the brush someone is removing the brush
from in front of you knocking down trees
knocking down bushes so that you can
walk through on a nice
path that's how Hashem does it when a
person strives to serve hasem properly
when a person
is trust in
hem
so the path is cleared for
him now he
brings for righteous individuals even if
they are if they stumble in a matter
which is between between humans between
one man and his fellow social
issue let's say I hurt someone's
feelings or let's say I called someone
damage but I can't find the person the
person moved to a different city person
is not around for whatever reason I went
somewhere
else helps
the person who's trying to do what's
right trying to fix the mistakes that
he's
made ASM helps the person that they that
you trip over the person you go you're
you're on a trip somewhere and that
person just happens to be
there like writes that this type of
situation Hashem helps the
person in the note here brings the the
language
of says what should a person do if it's
hard for them to to
repent we can say to answer this
question if let's say a person did a sin
it's very hard to fix for example it
can't find the person that he
wronged listen to this because it's very
connected
to if I accept upon myself to do chva
completely as best as I can I'm all the
way there just like the b is all the way
in his confidence
in he does everything in his his ability
he looks through the phone book to find
the person's name he doesn't find it he
you know goes to the archives I don't
know
whatever again same idea Hashem makes it
easier for the person to do
chuva the thing that is hard to achieve
can't find the
person it's it's too hard to to fix the
problem that I created hasem helps
him
hasem will help him to be able to fix
the mistake that he
made if it's something that I
overcharged somebody or
stole some monetary
matter will provide me with how am I
supposed to pay the guy back I stole the
money but I don't have the money to pay
him
if you are determined to to fix that
which you've done wrong hasem will
provide you with the money that you need
to pay the guy back and he's not even
going to forgive me I I did such a
terrible thing to him Hashem will help
you that he will forgive
you and
if a
person caused damage to his
friend monetarily or or on his or
physically
will
help will help that that person should
feel love and and I would say a person
is really sincere when a person
sincerely comes to somebody
else you sense it but he's saying an
additional thing that hem gives you God
helps
you
okay so it's huge it's a huge
thing Hashem redeems us when we've done
something wrong he doesn't he doesn't
allow us to to wallow in guilt to be
stuck in the thing that we've done wrong
he helps us that we should be able to
get out of it we have special if we take
it all
away
amazing okay now he brings
the
the question is why do we find that
someone is righteous and bad things
happen to them why do we find that
someone that's wicked and good things
happen to
them Hashem redeems the soul of his
servants who is this is talking about
the people of
Israel how does Hashem save us from from
troubles
hasm sometimes does something which
looks like the
opposite sometimes leaves us in a state
of difficulty in a state of poverty in a
state
of being uncomfortable I would say or
physically in physical
pain okay why because it it helps
us why is it that the wicked person
doesn't get trampled sometimes he
doesn't he doesn't get what he seems to
deserve what does it
mean he says a huge
thing it says an amazing thing such
AES sometimes Hashem does the opposite
of the way that it seems it should
be sometimes in our lives things are the
opposite of the way that it should be
just so we can work on the ability to
know to trust that Hashem is in charge
of Our
Lives because the reward for trusting
that Hashem is in charge of Our Lives is
huge sometimes good things happen to bad
people and bad things happen to good
people why so that it's a test of
faith and our job is to to face off with
that and continue to believe to continue
to
trust that all that happens is from
Hashem and and the reward for that kind
of belief is
is immeasurable that's the
Al last point from the IM
y
he says I heard from my
teacher this is a classic idea
that says it's important to know both
sides argues but
says right can I have talking I'm not
doing what's right if I'm a if I'm
wicked can I have so says what a fool
you trust in hem but you're you're
you're pushing away the will of hem at
the same
time if a person transgresses the laws
of it's a contradiction to on to go and
to do the opposite of hm's will that's
the so holds a wicked person who trust
onm doesn't
work says it's not
true this does not find guilty those who
trust in
him not somebody like me the the holy
not somebody like
you anybody
call anybody even me and you even
regular people not the biggest s when we
trust in hasem hasem takes Away The Sins
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