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Bitachon 81 - Faith of the Lion Cub
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We continue to explore lessons in Bitachon from the Zohar. The righteous trust in Hashem like a lion cub which is strong, but does not depend on its own strength, and their Bitachon is like the mountain of Tzion, whose strength endures forever.
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you're listening to the 81st edition of
the Beethoven podcast
we're going to continue in the words of
the Zohar
this is a small piece and the Zohar
impresses me kids it says
therefore
mikates right I don't know if it's
speaking at the very beginning of the
Parsha where yosefit comes out of the
jail
but you're safe
of course spend two years extra in jail
because he didn't have the proper faith
in Hashem
below mice at the end
he was redeemed because his faith
because of his his
incredible
so perhaps it's going on this and it's
saying that a person has to be very
careful in this world
this is
to strengthen oneself in God
right I have an option how I strengthen
myself we spoke about this previously I
can even strengthen myself
with my own strengths believing that
everything that I accomplish is because
of my own Deeds my own
personal efforts
or I can strengthen myself with Hashem
and a person needs to make sure that in
this world
where it's much more challenging it's
much more easy to fall prey to eat
Sahara the evil inclination which wants
us
to believe in ourselves
to believe that it's us that it is I who
I'm doing this
rather
says as though a person needs to
strengthen themselves
in the recognition that it's Hashem
not only that to think about it again
I'm going to apply the COC if I don't
know that the Zohar is specifically
doing that but in a certain sense Joseph
he's in jail he asks the Sarah mashem to
help him to get out
and he sees a day goes by week goes by a
month goes by
months go by a year goes by
he's not being redeemed
his efforts were in vain and
tell us that it was a punishment
that Joseph recognized that it was
because of his extra efforts
that was why he was not saved
immediately
so but nevertheless what does a person
say to themselves after they've done
something wrong whether it's
not having a proper faith in Hashem or
whether it's just not doing what's right
in the eyes of Hashem what do I do now
so the Tsar tells us that even if a
person has sinned
foreign person needs to believe and this
is not so easy to believe because we do
have a certain intuitive sense of the
power of our actions so I've done
something wrong but now I've done Shiva
I've done real chuva I really regret it
I've really said I'm not going to do
this again I've made real amends
perhaps I've gone to the people who I've
hurt
apologized I committed to never doing
this kind of act again
so this is so a person needs to know
that they have incredible power
because of their chuva because of their
repentance
is
grab onto the strength they can
strengthen themselves now if I've done
shuva I've attached myself again to God
I've reattached myself to him
and says if I haven't sinned at all
this is very interesting especially in
light of the last piece that we read in
Ghazal in the akuchamani which said that
even a sinner even I feel a rush of
attack
but here we're saying that really the
first step
as I saw last time we need to be careful
how we used to be talking right also
when we're reading the desires so
the patches the simple understanding is
that it's a different track let us say
this is a higher track for the queen
said he came for righteous individuals
certainly something that we can aspire
to even if we're not on this level
but the last thing we spoke about last
time was out
a person shouldn't ask for his own needs
but rather should ask should I be
talking when it comes to doing mitsuas
when it comes to performing God's will
but here we're also seeing that there's
a different be talking there's a
different strengthening of ourselves
that we can have
when we're on the path of chuva when
we're trying to do what's right we're
trying to fix the things that we've done
wrong in our lives we're coming off of
and we're forging out
ahead into the darkness
of the winter
and we need to strengthen ourselves
remind ourselves that
really works
we can now be assured that our juva was
in the scammal
it was received God accepted our
repentance and now
we marched forward
in the name of Hashem
knowing that we're strong we are strong
why because Hashem
is by our side
God is helping us
now we have another Zohar in partial era
in silver shmos
opened
foreign we have this famous verse it
says trust in Hashem forever and ever
for
gosh I'm throwing them in God with the
name of God and with the name of you
give up okay fashioned all of the Worlds
so what does this mean the Zora explains
these this verse
every human being needs to strengthen
themselves
and
to
I'm sorry to strengthen themselves in
Hashem interesting language I use that
language also in the previous and Tsar
and to strengthen ourselves in Hashem
that's that's the language of
of the of the Czar when it comes to
having be talking it means strengthen
ourselves in Hashem myself
I have doubt I'm worried things aren't
going the way I would like them to go I
strengthen myself
with my knowledge of Hashem with my
relationship with Hashem Hashem loves me
Hashem is going to take care of me she
always has always does and always will
foreign
every human being needs to place their
faith in Hashem doesn't even say every
single Jew
doesn't say every single levite doesn't
say every priest every coin
doesn't say even every bintara
which of course is true call benejo
Island
anybody who's in this world
needs to put their faith in Hashem
another explanation
a person's entire life
I I can't ever let go of it I can't ever
let go of strengthening myself in Hashem
I was thinking actually today I was
learning a gemora
just finished circus but I'm still
learning musakasoka and it talks about
Hashem Hashem commands Us in Sagamore
they believe it's dalid page 34A
shim commands the people of Israel be in
front of me like that's the lesson of
the posit be like a kakamai Ramen what's
a excuse me Ramen
and kakama and Robin is an Arava tree
which lives on many Waters it requires a
lot of water
or an Arava tree
aravis are Willows a willow often it's
called the willow tree usually
is placed next to a river because it
needs a lot of water in order to live
Jim wants us to be like the the willow
tree
what is the willow tree it needs lots of
water who is the source of Life who's
the source of water so to speak it's
Hashem he wants us to attach ourselves
to him
he wants us to be constantly talking
over and over again
but our faith in him about our
relationship with him
Tyra words of Torah everybody who comes
into the world strengthen yourself
talk about it again think about it again
be talking I have faith in Hashem God
has taken care of me back to that back
to that concept
foreign
properly
nobody can touch us
not a single member of the world called
Island not a Jew
not a nanju so Callum
whoever places his strength his power
in Hashem
I don't believe it's me doing it I don't
believe it is I my power that's
accomplishing
such a person
has true Cube
his true
right you know what happens when you
take that rubbish out of the bag
you take the robes out of the bag they
die
right that rub is very very quickly
become dry
they need that water they need that
connection to the source they don't have
that connection
they're finished
so too
as long as we're connected to the source
as long as we're in our rubber so to
speak
a Willow Branch connected to the tree
connected to the water the source of all
life Hashem
just like Hashem lasts forever we also
have that
La Tom
what is the reason for this because
it's because God his name is what keeps
the world alive
it's what keeps the world in existence
the name of Hashem is what Hashem used
to Fashion the world
but it doesn't just mean to Fashion it
means to keep the world in existence
write the word sur which means a rock
or it can mean to Fashion
you also means Sierra means to to draw
to
give something its form
is
because there are two letters with which
the world was created the yud a letter
yud and letter A in these two letters
Hashem used to create this world
a Physical Realm in the next World the
spiritual Realm
so because Hashem used those names
so
when we trust in Hashem
we also have that Eternal existence
all right we'll see let's see if we have
enough time
to see one more piece
in the Zohar it's a little bit longer
but
let's learn it together
beautiful says
it's in this is a Tsar impartial
a song of AdSense
those who trust in Hashem are like Mount
Zion
says this is a reference to the
righteous individuals
very interesting why do they trust in
Hashem what gives them the right to
trust in Hashem what gives them the
fortitude
to have this faith
it's because they know that they're
doing what's right
of course once again as we've said even
in Russia
even someone who's Wicked but trust in
Hashem is surrounded by shem's kindness
that we're talking works but there's a
difference and again the track of the
Tsar is a different track perhaps we
could say
certainly a track that we would like to
strive for
Sadiq him the righteous individuals they
know that they
can have faith
because of their Good Deeds
if
interesting the righteous they Trust
like a lion's cup
oh so now the Tsar asks an important
question which we should all be asking
if we didn't think of it already
in timer
the righteous when we look at examples
in tanach we look in the Torah
abrahimovino did not trust in his own
actions right he was concerned maybe
he's not good enough maybe he's not
doing good enough actions maybe he's not
righteous enough
he talks about the fact that as he came
into Egypt he hid his wife
he said to Sarah Emmanuel
say that you're my sister he was afraid
why was he afraid he should have had me
talking why is he worried that they're
gonna abduct his wife
why do you have to say say or my sister
unless they kill me what was he worried
about where it says
also did the same thing he didn't want
him to know was his wife
says when he was approached by ASAP with
400 men
he was afraid why was he afraid what
were they afraid of why are they taking
actions which seems to represent a fear
why didn't they be talking they were
righteous individuals they knew that
they were doing God's will why were they
afraid
why did they take precautions and
actions
if
you cannot trust
the good good deeds that they've done
they can't depend upon those good deeds
to protect them
How can any other static in the entire
world throughout time How can any other
righteous individual believe that their
actions are gonna
gonna help them
so what does it mean the righteous they
trust like a lion cub
levada fear
the cursively fear
the Czar points out let's look at the
language okay it's very interesting it
doesn't say an aria it doesn't say a lie
in a regular line there's many different
words for lion in Hebrew
but it says a queer which is a lion cub
foreign
the lion is very weak the lion cub is
weak and he's small he's smaller than
all of them
it's beautiful
he doesn't believe in his own strength
you know he is strong a lion cub is also
Fierce a lion cub is also strong
so do the righteous individuals also do
not trust now
in their own actions in their own
strength you know they have those
actions even though they have that
strength they look like fear
they are like a lion cub obviously
you know they know they have strength
they have they have what it takes
perhaps
but they're like a lion cub
not more
so it's very interesting so that Sadiq
the righteous individual knows who they
are
the righteous individual is aware that
sitkus where are their Good Deeds or
where of their power their spiritual
Powers as a result of those good deeds
and yet just like a lion cub
is strong it doesn't depend on itself
on whom does that lion cub depend upon
its parents the mighty king
of the beasts
so too
much
the righteous they trust in Hashem like
Mount Zion Lake area
like Mount Zion
what does it mean
this is what it means
just like Mount Zion is powerful it will
never falter it will never fall
heartsian the most powerful mountain in
the world
it took all of the legions of Rome to
destroy the harabayas to destroy Mount
Zion to destroy the the base hamiktas on
the mountain but they never actually
destroyed the mountain itself right
heartsian itself Mount Zion itself is
still there you can walk there today the
kotel the the Western Wall is a wall
of the mountain right it's not all of
the base of English it's not all the
temple it's a wall of the mountain the
mountain will never just be destroyed
is his man
you cartoon
so too in that time
they will be like the mountain of sin
Mount Zion
um
very interesting so
there is a power that they have why did
what is the power of the righteous
how do they know that they can trust how
do they know that they will succeed that
they will survive that they will be
powerful that the that the color is
evil will be destroyed by itself
how do they know like dust like like
smoke it will go up in smoke
they know because it's like heartsia and
they're trust and Hashem is something
that is as powerful as hard ceiling as
Mountain Zion which will never be
destroyed upon which the Third Temple
will be revealed rebuilt thereupon
speedilian in our days
very soon
but it's like a creation
even though
the lion cub is strong he doesn't depend
on his own power
foreign
you my dear holy holy children
awesome holy children Jewish people
you all be talking when you have me
talking in Hashem
and you'll be talking in Hashem it's
more powerful it's more powerful you can
trust in your good deeds but be talking
is more powerful than Good Deeds amazing
thing bizarre is saying it's more
powerful
it's Eternal it never to be talking that
a person has the faith that we have we
place our faith in Hashem
our faith we strengthen ourselves how
in Hashem again in Hashem another time
in Hashem it's like heart seeing it
never it never falters
it will sit for it will stand forever
you can be sure
says the soul you can be sure that you
will Merit you have an incredible Merit
in this world
in the next world
because that be talking as we've spoken
about before it's not just about getting
what we want in this world that's a
byproduct
right one saw a particular book talk
about love
is a byproduct of action
of our interactions with those around us
our wife our children
our family members our parents the love
that we feel is a byproduct of action
it's not this heady
a momentary fleeting Sensation that the
that the West thinks about and wishes
about and makes movies about
right love is a byproduct of action of
dedication of giving in a relationship
getting what we want so to speak is a
byproduct
of our relationship with Hashem
when we have a true relationship with
Hashem and that's what we're talking is
I trust you Hashanah you're going to
provide for me I trust you Hashem you're
going to take care of me I trust you so
you're going to save me I trust you
you're going to give me my livelihood I
trust you Hashem you're going to give me
all the things that I need
so that's I'm in a relationship with you
my Hashem and that's something that I
have in this world
my knees are taken care of in this world
and something that I have for all time
it's something that I will experience
in the world to come
gives us a place I suppose it says
the Angels they they don't move they
stand but we're on a trajectory as we've
spoken about
we're on our way up and that movement
continues on forever
in this world and in the next world
thank you so much for for listening see
you again next time