Bitachon 81 - Faith of the Lion Cub

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