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Rising Lion part 3

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/06/19

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. We're in part three of our Rising Lion mini-series, where we explain the verse: " הן עם כלביא יקום/ The nation will rise up like a lion The Midrash Rabba in Bamidbar 20:20 explains that the word " הן " means One , outstanding nation —as there is no nation like the Jewish people. Even when they go to sleep and pause their Torah and Mitzvot, they rise like lions and immediately embrace the mitzvah of Kriat Shem a, declaring Hashem as King upon themselves. Then, they head out

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Rising Lion Part 2

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/06/18

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. We are in our mini-series called The Rising Lion, part two, discussing the meaning of the pasuk (Bamidbar 23,24), הן עם כלביא יקום/The Jewish people are like a rising lion." In the previous class, we talked about the physical aspect of war that the Jewish people have. Today, we'd like to go a bit deeper. Rashi says regarding this pasuk that the Jewish people are like a rising lion. When they get up from their sleep in the morning, הן מתגברים כלביא וכארי/ they strengthen

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The Rising Lion, Part 1

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/06/17

Welcome to the Daily Bitachon. Today, we begin a special mini-series called Rising Lion, named for the current war initiative in Eretz Yisrael against Iran, presumably coined by our Prime Minister Netanyahu. Interestingly there's a picture circulating in the media (see above ),showing Netanyahu standing by the Kotel, with a closeup of the note he placed the Kotel , dated ט׳ז סיון תשפ׳ה , the Thursday before the war started. In the corner, it says, " BeSiyata DiShmaya, " and he wrote the following

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Know His Name in Truth 2

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/06/13

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. Today's class is dedicated le'ilui nishmat Rachel bat Jamila, Grandma Rachel Ruby A'H by her grandchildren. In our previous lesson we spoke about the words Habotchim b'shimcha be'emet/Those who rely on Hashem in truth, as we say in our Amidah. We quoted the Avudarham, who explained that "in truth" means recognizing God's name in truth —but what does that mean? Let us go back to the opening words of the Rambam in the laws of Yesodei HaTorah/The Foundations of Torah, chapter

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Strengthen Your Heart

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/06/12

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. We continue where we left off in the previous lesson on the concept of bitachon gamur b'lo safek/to have reliance on Hashem without a doubt —based on a pasuk in Yeshayah : V'nish'an al Hashem k'dosh Yisrael/They will rely on Hashem, the Holy One of Israel, b'emet, in truth . The Sefer Ikarim says there in Ma'amar 4 Perek 49 that this bitachon gamur b'lo safek strengthens a person and doesn't weaken him. He quotes a pasuk in Tehillim, and follows that up with another two

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Reliance Without a Doubt

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/06/11

Welcome to Daily Bitachon In the last class, we quoted an unbelievable pasuk of Bitachon cited by Rabbenu Yonah in Mishleh 3:26, which wasn't on our previous pesukim list. It's a pasuk in Yeshaya 10:20: ולא יוסיף עוד שארית ישראל ופליטת בית יעקב ל[ה]שען על מכהו No longer will the leftovers of Yisrael and those that are saved from Yaakov rely on the one that's hitting them. Rather, , ונשען על י"י קדוש ישראל באמת" the They'll rely on Hashem, K'dosh Yisrael, the Holy One of Yisrael, b'emet , in truth

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Rely on Him in Truth

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/06/09

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. In the previous class, we discussed that Rabbenu Yonah tells us it's important to realize that when something is going on in your life—even from a human being that you don't like—you have to continue to focus on the Source, which is ultimately Hashem. He quotes a pasuk to prove his point that, in his words: " Lo yasim libo l'fachad hamaka/Do not focus your heart on the fear of the one that's hitting you. Rather, "Yosif yirat Hashem/Add your fear of Hashem, V'tikvah

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Eyes on the Master

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/06/06

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. We are now getting back to the 'meat and potatoes' of regular topic Bitachon, after our hiatus for lessons from the Hagada Shel Pesach . Rabbenu Yonah, on Mishleh chapter 3, tells us that an important facet of Bitachon is knowing that a human being has no impact on you. . No human being can help you, and no human being can harm you, Zulati yigzor Hashem / unless Hashem makes that decree . He explains that this is what Arur hagever asher yivtach ba'adam / Cursed is the one

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My Life is in Your Hands

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/06/04

Welcome to Daily Bitachon . We continue to learn lessons from the pesukim of Yetziat Mitzrayim . The next pasuk says that Hashem took us out of Mitzrayim " B'yad chazaka ubzroa netuya/With a strong hand and an outstretched arm." The Baal Haggadah explains that " Yad chazaka," refers to dever , the plague that killed the animals, and " Zroa netuya/the outstretched arm," refers to the sword , which Rishonim say refers to the plague of Makat Bechorot , when all the firstborns died. But why are we

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The Revelation of Makat Bechorot

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2025/05/29

Welcome to Daily Bitachon . We're on our final pasuk of Bikurim quoted in the Haggadah shel Pesach , "ויוציאנו ה׳ ממצרים" . Finally, God took us out of Egypt . "ביד חזקה" – with a strong hand, " בזרוע נטויה" – with an outstretched arm, " במורא גדול" – with great fear, " באותות" – with signs, and " ובמופתים" – with wonders. The Ba'al Haggadah explains " ויוציאנו ה׳ ממצרים ," with a very long description before proving it. He tells us there was no other force—not an angel, not a "fiery" angel, nor a

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The Pressure

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/05/28

Welcome to Daily Bitachon , lessons that we're learning from the psukim in Ki Tavo . Hashem saw את לחצינו / et lachatzeinu . Says the Ba'al Hagada, zeh hadachak / This is the pressure , as it says: Vegam ra'iti et halachatz , asher Mitzrayim lochatzim otam / I saw the pressure that the Mitzrim placed upon them What is that pressure referring to? Simply speaking the Kol Bo (on chapter 51), Avudarham and others say it's talking about the pressure of needing more and more bricks. So they were under

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Toil Without a Purpose

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/05/27

Welcome to Daily Bitachon . We continue with lessons from pesukim in Ki Tavo, where it says that Hashem saw Et Amalenu / Our toil. The Ba'al Haggadah explains, Eilu habanim / This refers to the children. What does this mean? Some explain that children themselves are called toil because all of our toil is for our children. But others explain that it actually has to do with the pasuk that's being quoted: Kemo she'ne'emar , like it says, all boys born should be sent thrown into the Nile and the girls

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Hashem Knew

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/05/26

Welcome to Daily Bitachon , as we continue with lessons in Bitachon from Pesukim in Ki Tavo . We are now up to וירא את ענינו / Vayar et Onyenu / And God saw our pain. This was after we cried out to God, as it says, Vanitzak el Hashem Elokei Avoteinu/We cried out to God, Vayishma Hashem/ And Hashem heard our voices . And the next thing that happens is, Vayar et Onyenu/ Hashem saw our pain. What is that referring to? Zu perishut derech eretz/This refers to the fact that husbands and wives separated

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Igniting Zechut Avot

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/05/23

Welcome to Bitachon . We continue with another important lesson from the pesukim in Ki Tavo . Vanitzak el Hashem Elokei Avoteinu / We cried out to Hashem the God of our fathers, and He heard our voices. And we quote a pasuk in Shemot where it says Vayishma Elokim et Maakatam / God heard their groans. Vayizkor Elokim et Brito/and God remembered His covenant et Avraham et Yitzchak v'et Yaakov/With Abraham, Yitzhak and Yaakov. So we see clearly here that it was not enough for us to just pray. Our

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The Outcry

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/05/22

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. Today we have a powerful lesson from one of the pesukim in Parashat Ki Tavo : וַנִּצְעַק אֶל־יְיָ אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵינוּ Vanitzak el Hashem Elokei Avoteinu / And we cried out to Hashem, the God of our fathers . The Baal Hagada cites Shemot 2:23, where it says the Jewish people groaned because of the workload: וַיִּזְעָ֑קוּ וַתַּ֧עַל שַׁוְעָתָ֛ם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים מִן־הָעֲבֹדָֽה׃ Vayizaku / (same root as the word vanitzak ) And they cried out Vataal shavatam / Their outcry went up

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Hard Work

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/05/19

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. The next words in our pasuk describe how the Mitzrim put upon them בעבודה קשה Avodah Kasha . Simply speaking, Avodah Kasha means hard work . The pasuk says, בַּעֲבֹדָ֣ה קָשָׁ֗ה בְּחֹ֙מֶר֙ וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים וּבְכׇל־עֲבֹדָ֖ה בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה אֵ֚ת כׇּל־עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־עָבְד֥וּ בָהֶ֖ם בְּפָֽרֶךְ׃ Simply speaking, this means They gave them hard work with mud, bricks and all sorts of work in the field But there is an interesting Zohar in section Raya Mehemna , vol 3, page 153a, that

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To Pain us

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/05/16

Welcome to Daily Bitachon . We are working through the pesukim of the Bikkurim , which are pesukim of Hakarat Hatov . As we said, this pasuk is Hakarat Hatov for the difficulties. . וַיְעַנּוּנוּ , simply translates as They pained us. The Egyptians pained us. We go back to the pasuk in Shemot , וַיִתְּנוּ עָלֵינוּ עֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים לְמַעַן עַנֹּתוֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָם, / They placed taskmasters upon them, to pain them in their load. וַיִּבֶן עָרֵי מִסְכְּנוֹת לְפַרְעֹה

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You Can’t Outsmart Gd

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/05/15

Welcome to Daily Bitachon . We continue with lessons from Yetziat Mitzrayim , and we're now going through the pesukim that talk about our gratitude to Hashem as we bring the bikurim . One of the things we say is וַ יָּרֵעוּ אֹתָנוּ הַמִּצְרִים /The Egyptians did evil to us . We quote a pasuk - הָ֥בָה נִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖ה ל֑וֹ פֶּן־יִרְבֶּ֗ה וְהָיָ֞ה כִּֽי־תִקְרֶ֤אנָה מִלְחָמָה֙ וְנוֹסַ֤ף גַּם־הוּא֙ עַל־שֹׂ֣נְאֵ֔ינוּ וְנִלְחַם־בָּ֖נוּ וְעָלָ֥ה מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ Paroah said Let's outsmart Him (or them , meaning

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וירעו אותנו Appreciating Yissurim

Daily Bitachon ·

2025/05/12

Welcome to our daily Bitachon series. We continue with lessons from the Haggadah shel Pesach , even though we are in middle of Sefirat HaOmer- because as we said, we are going from Pesach until Shavuot . Shavuot is when we start our bikurim with our basket in our hands. We're coming to be full of hakarat hatov and thanks to Hashem. Today's pasuk starts with the wordsוירעו אותנ / Vayareu Otanu haMitzrim / The Egyptians did bad and evil to us. The obvious question is, We're coming to say thank you, so

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V'Rav

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2025/05/08

Welcome to Daily Bitachon. We are completing the final explanation of our first pasuk , the word ורב V'Rav /The Jewish people became many, they multiplied. The Baal Haggadah explains that they are multitudes like the grass of the fields. So the word rav means a lot. But the Sefer Shibolei HaLeket quotes Rabbenu Yeshayahu that v'rav is does not mean they became a lot. Rather, it means holech u'mitrabeh / They are constantly growing. That's why we say revavah k'tzemach hasadeh netatichech / they were

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