Bitachon 118 - Tranquility of the Soul

you're listening to the 118th Edition that would be toughen podcast we continue in Museum of the Davidson with my shepherd a nice Dash every great grassy Fields he'll bring me to Grace on soft Tranquil Waters he will lead me and the next plastic is my soul my soul will be a Chevy which we'll see what it means exactly so a few different explanations for the word yeshive to sit relax me in concentric circles of righteousness for his namesake so the first thing as we saw in the previous sukim is with the major sheikhar type says right the Jewish people that came into the midboard into the wilderness they were led by God followed after God undeveloped land on cultivated land what was the first thing that they received there only 49 days after their Exodus from Egypt it was the Torah so now she is speaking about sham brought us in the wilderness but the first thing that he gave us was the Torah which is a set of directions that calms our soul right our spirit wants to do this and he wants to do that it has desires it has natural human desires animalistic desires for pleasure Etc and the terror gives us a certain calmness because when we follow the dictates of the Torah we are relieved or constrained in a way that's a relief don't have to run after every single dive after every single desire magnetic shouldn't put me in concentric circles of righteousness love are covered what does it mean in this context the word said it can also mean that Hashem does that which is right and fair the fact that Trump provides me with my needs some created me so in a certain sense he has to provide me for what my needs are that's that's fair that's fundamental it's basic social gave me the mon which is my my needs to eat this love even a certain level of Desire that I had he provided for for the meat but maybe air Hashem gave me the waters of the of the well of Miriam Hashem gave me physical protection from the elements with the clouds of his glory and also their action right the Jewish people followed Hashem how did they know where to go in their time in the wilderness they follow the Clouds Of Glory the gods of Glory the Clouds Of Glory would direct them and lead them is it's important to know that when Hashem gives it to me it's not because of my personal Merit it's not because I per se deserve it it's not because you know I've done something right the reason that Hashem does it is for his namesake right Hashem provides me with my basic needs which is important to think about because like sometimes the person can try very very hard to get their basic needs putting every ishtad loose every effort but there's a basic promise Hashem says I'm going to provide for you on a basic level you're going to have Food Water Shelter their basic needs they're automatically provided for why la manchimoy because of Any Marine divorce and we have to be careful not to do anything to disqualify ourselves from having what Hashem wants to give us but it's God gives us our needs otherwise it will be a hill Hashem it will be a desecration of God's name so it's very interesting spiritual satisfaction quietude is Torah provides for me all of my needs physical sustenance protection from the elements why because of his name so we have a right to say to Hashem in a certain sense Hashem please provide me for my needs because that's the basic promise to all of reality all of his creatures all of all living things find their basic needs and it's a mission at the end of kadushan that says all of the animals they get their needs easily because because of this promise but I can mess it up through my negative actions I can pull myself out of my relationship with Hashem heaven forbid now it brings the vice who says also a short thing tomid I means Hashem will guide me not just a one-time deal but constantly Hashem is guiding me margarita in circles of righteousness in this world when we're talking about the Physical Realm as we said all of our physical needs are provided for the asrini lift oil but ulis had said a further promise or further praise that Governor milk is giving to Hashem for that which he does and that is that Hashem helps me when I try to do that which is correct yeah when I'm looking for righteousness in the world I'm trying to do what's right so Hashem gives me extra sense assistance it's not just going to be that she will give me basic needs there's a higher level there's a level where if I'm trying to do that which is righteous and good I get extra Divine assistance is a general principle that when somebody tries to do what's right when a person tries to purify themselves so naturally they're going to get Divine assistance naturally they're going to be treated in an unnatural way they're going to be the malaminateva they're going to have concentric circles which to me sounds like maybe deeper protection but the way that he's explaining it means where we find that Hashem is referred to as just as the soul is our our spiritual nature is something which fills all of existence or fulfills our body Hashem fills all of the physical existence and surrounds all of existence right Hashem is you know beyond anything that we can imagine is beyond all existence he's transcendent so yeah what I'm doing that which is right so I get Divine assistance I'm surrounded right Hashem is surrounded by kindness so there's an aspect of surrounding Hashem surrounds us which means that he is everywhere we turn God is there to help us to Aid us to help us to accomplish our spiritual goals now he brings the yavits now she is says the ivids what does it mean now she is shaving my soul will be relaxed um the verse tells us into hilum Chapter 19 Verse 8 the tire of Hashem is perfect it gives back our soul or it calms our souls the Torah calms us down when it comes to all other wisdoms that a person is involved in so the more I know so the more pain I have the the there's a certain pain I would say a cognitive dissonance the more I understand about reality so the harder it is for me to it's it's hard to live a life intellectually to make sure I'm doing things that are right says the IV it's an amazing thing which is very similar to what we saw last week we saw the Hashem in this ideal situation where we're living with Hashem we're living with be talking we're constantly connecting ourselves constantly to Hashem so Hashem gives us Bounty because the endless Bounty and he uses us easily it's not like a field where you walk in the field and to find the green your sheep right in the muscle and the analogy with the sheep and we have to you know walk around to find the sparse grass no it's a it's a full field and in the same way says the ivitz when it comes to spirituality when I'm connecting myself tashem through the Torah when I'm looking for Spiritual accomplishments when I'm trying to pursue spiritual goals so the result is that Hashem surrounds me surrounds me and helps me and gives me extra oops just lost the place and gives me extra help and protection and it will come without any effort that's what he says it's very interesting a person is able when they attach themselves to Toyota to live in a way ideally which doesn't require extensive effort that's why deposit says my soul will become REM is it hints to the Commandments of the Torah through which a person is calmed person has has it's not he's not so Restless when you're performing the midst it's not such a Restless life is just like we saw last week the Hashem gives me all of my needs my physical needs without extended effort foreign and that is that he gives me a tremendous amount of reward spiritual reward for what seems to be a very small action you know I put on my sitzis I I say a kind word to somebody else I give a shackle to tsudaka these don't seem like wow earth-shattering actions they seem like little things but Hashem in his love for us right wants to give us merits so he gives us lots of little opportunities for instance and we don't even realize how awesome and what an incredible impact the Fulfillment of each small Mitzvah has it's endless just like I can get all of my needs with a small action that can have repercussions for later so too I can do a Mitzvah it's a small investment but it has tremendous tremendous repercussions so that's this there's a calmness when I'm involved in muglet we're evolving in righteousness and the plastic here says that it's for hashem's sake for the name of the sake of his name is said before you know for me to get my physical needs so that's something that Hashem says he promises opens his hands and provides for every living creature when it comes to the good things of the Soul when it comes to having spiritual Delights let's say um we have a special unique relationship with Hashem from all of the other nations the Jewish people has the mitsus we have the Commandments we have 613 of them so many little opportunities to to acquire spiritual greatness to acquire spiritual eternity foreign so that is expressed in the public it's for his namesake there's a unique special thing that's unique about us it's interesting that that he said this because what is the idea we saying when do we say it is the Hashem brings a redeemer to us he brings a redeemer to the sons of the sons to the great great grandchildren of avam for for what reason so the islands is understanding that the words means for his name's sake is an expression of the unique relationship that we have with Hashem through the mitzvahs only the Jewish people are commended in these mitzis and have this incredible opportunity is for his namesake right but we find that for Success let her this is the shot this would seem to be the understanding Mecca when the Nations see us wearing to fill in as our sages explain that that's what the verse is talking about when the Nations see us with our unique dress with our uni we we place these the boxes on our heads and on our hands it's not only for men but it's all the manifestations for women let's say it's the midst of challah the midst of Nida the special Mrs that are for women but there is something unique that happens that everyone can see we are special we are we have hashem's name called upon us how do we bring that name upon ourselves it's through our performance of the mitzvahs it's through our expression of our subservience to Hashem our willingness to serve him in the ways that he requires of us that's a unique aspect that the Jew has that through that aspect we acquire unique like we saw before we acquire unique Divine assistance in our spiritual matters besides for that which is the promise to all of all of creation really that Hashem provides for everything and everyone so we have that promise also in regards to our spiritual accomplishments when we properly approach our servitude to Hashem our service of Hashem so that's the eye that's beautiful now he brings Yehuda now she is speaks about a different aspect that a person goes through challenges in life of course the context will be tough and we've spoke about this many times should be soon right now she is he says it means that my soul is broken I get I get I go through tough times we find this language for the word can mean a challenge or a difficulty or breaking it's an idea of breaking and cutting yeah so that is Hashem guiding me in his righteous ways for his name's seki kavanasa is foreign when I go through challenges in life it's Hashem showing me the way sashem guiding me it's Hashem saying hey let's get you back on the right path we're not doing exactly what we should be doing come let's we gotta we gotta recalculate so Shelby true nationality she wants to awaken me to repent from the negative behaviors that I've done with zelerman this is for God's sake right as the project says guiding me on the ways of righteousness for his namesake refers to God's transcending kindness no bag comes from things that seem to us to be bad the challenges the vicissitudes of life the the times that we don't have what we feel like we need the times that we don't get what we feel like we need that's not really negative it's really Hashem guiding Us in in it back to the right path what is it like beer but amrai and then the person continue which we'll see more about next week we get some of us even when I go in the shadow of death so it's Robin it's terribly difficult challenges I'm not afraid because you are with me I am sure of the fact that the challenges that I'm going through are coming from you Hashem and therefore my good Ness and this is what it means your your staff your rod and and something which is used to strike somebody right it's something that's used to hit the the Sheep what's the purpose of the the shepherd hitting the Sheep it's to get them back on the straight and narrow path so this is for me a a consolation because the ultimate purpose of all of these is that Hashem should take care of me and he is there with me and he is consoling me on Helena scheme in order to provide me with eternal life and I'd like to read just one more section here it brings from Hirsch he says one more shot in the word Yeshiva so we saw it means that I'm calm Esau can mean I'm broken I'm going through challenges the word means going back again and again to my previous state I'm in a certain State let's say a state of Happiness a state of goodness a state of satisfaction and I lose that state and I return to that say yeshive shove means to go back means to go back again and again this signifies the fact that a human being sometimes is going to change from a state of calmness to a state of movement so now he explains similar to what we just saw that decrees upon a person that that a person has to go through challenges why and it's all in order that he get back to the best possible state for his ultimate physical welfare I'm sorry Hashem is trying to get me not just to have good physical situations the main thing that Hashem cares about for me is my spiritual well-being foreign sees that my my being in a state of Tranquility is causing me to be weak in my service of Hashem decrees and and cause the person to not become to not be tranquil but if a person Hashem Sees at this person by going through difficulties and challenges is going to be too much for him he's going to end up not able to study Torah properly not able to serve Hashem properly and Hashem brings him back to the state of Tranquility and this is this is uh something that goes round and round maybe that's the challenge round and round the circles concentric circles it's cyclic sometimes Tranquility is good for me and sometimes it's not good for me so all of my situations are tailored made for me by Hashem in order to give me my ultimate spiritual good thank you so much for listening see you again next time