Generally translated as trust, bitachon is a powerful sense of optimism and confidence based not on reason or experience, but on emunah (active faith). You know that "G‑d is good and He’s the only one in charge," and therefore you have no fears or frets. That is, if a bad occurrence happens, then true, it is a bad occurrence to us. That is, on the revealed plane to us this appears bad. However, on the hidden level it is good. That is, everything that occurs to us G-d intends for our good. At a particular time an event might appear to us to be bad, however, the inner intent is for our good. Sometimes, after the passage of time this inner goodness in the event will become apparent to us, and sometimes it might never become revealed. Still, our Trust in G-d is that G-d is good and [...]
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Hitbodedut – Emunah – Bitachon – Bitul Hitbodedut (secluded prayer), Talking to HaShem on a daily basis brings us closer to simcha (Ultimate Joy). Why is simcha so important? HaShem says to us, {Devarim 28:47} "Because you did not serve HaShem your God with simcha and with goodness of heart, out of an abundance of everything& ...
Eikev, Ekev, Ekeb, or Eqeb, עקב, is this week’s portion. It’s Deuteronomy 7:11 – 11:25. Ekev carries the simple meaning of “if”. This section of Torah has Moshe retelling the story of the sin of the Golden Calf with the repercussion and consequences for making an idol. Througho ...
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