Bitachon 207 - Israel is Always Protected

You're listening to the 207th edition of the podcast. We're continuing together inim from this is a famous one. We say it inem people of Israel will trust in Hashem. He is their He's their savior. He's the one who saves them. He's their protector. Interesting. We use both of these languages in the first Hashem helps us. But even deeper, he's protecting us wherever we are. We might be in Bengurian airport and Hashem is making sure that the missile falls in a place where no one will get hurt. He says that Ezra in explaining this, the idea is as follows. Israel. What is it that gives us the power, the strength to trust in Hashem? How does the people of Israel, how do we have the confidence to know that we can come back to the land of Israel, 7.7 million people strong and we can be sure that no one will be able to hurt us? How do we know? And the answer is because he always helped us. He always helps us. He's always helped the people of Israel. And I'd like to be Madik, not even Ezra. But the word is Israel, Hashem. And it's interesting that the country that I live in chose to call itself medat is because the word is means straight to Hashem. With Hashem's help, together we will succeed. As amazingly, the prime minister of Israel keeps saying at the end of every speech. Who is their Israel? When is Hashem going to help us? How do we know that Hashem we will succeed? It's because we are Israel. We are Israel straight to Hashem. He brings here a note. The GR explains this says I'm sorry the the on which the GR explains this is and he brings from we say until now you your compassion has helped us your kindness has not left us don't forsake us Hashem forever ever. Or it could be like a a request alter. It could also be a statement. You will never leave us forever. I'm sure of it. How do I know this this people of Israel can trust in Hashem because he's helped us always? What does it mean this that you have helped us until now? How do I know that I can always depend on Hashem? Maybe I don't deserve it. Maybe I don't deserve it. I never deserve it. It's because of his. That's what we say. It's your compassion that has helped us until now. So that's how I know that never changes. It's not because I've done something right. Right? There's a lot of people in this country for Hashem, a lot of Jews, not all of them are from but that doesn't take away the fact that Hashem is compassionate. They said you didn't leave us. What do we say? You didn't leave us because of your kindness, your compassion, your kindness. Right? When a person does kindness, it doesn't mean that the person who it's being done to deserves the kindness. That's the definition of kindness. You don't deserve it. Hashem doesn't owe us anything. But Hashem still does kindness with us. And therefore, we're sure that Hashem will not forsake us forever. If if we deserved it, if everything that we had was because we deserved it, and we've talked about deserving it, but we're taking a different tack here today. If it's because I deserve it, I'm doomed. I am doomed. But it's not. It's not because I deserve it. What do I know? I know that you are kind and I know that you are merciful. And by the way, I want to tell you a secret that that's the way express how we're supposed to be like Hashem. The purpose of our being here on earth is to emulate. You know, people say we have to emulate say we have to emulate all of his midas, all of his attributes. But what are the attributes that we mention in just like he is merciful, you be merciful. Just like he is gracious. What does gracious mean? Means that you don't deserve it. You are guilty. In modern Hebrew is is a pardon. Person's in jail. Life sentence doesn't deserve it. But the president of the United States says, "I'm letting you out." Why? Not because of anything you did, right? I I I think I I just feel like it. I just feel like it. Hashem forgives us. We don't deserve it. You got to do that, too. That's it's incredible, right? That's the And by the way, this is a this is a path in we're saying. He protects us even though we don't deserve it. He's compassion with us even though we don't deserve it. You want to know how to get into that space? Do the same thing. This is uh not what he's saying over here. What I'm saying you know says the that if the reason Hashem is doing kindness with me and the reason that I can that I see that things go well for me that I have success in life has nothing to do with me. It's not because I'm so smart. It's not because I picked the smartest, best songs to put on my new album. It's not because I'm so intelligent. It's just because loves me. It's just cuz with me. Hashem has mercy on me. He wants me to have a parasa. So if that's the case, so then I can always count on I can always count on that. It's always going to be there. It's always going to be there. His moment doesn't end. his doesn't end. I can I can trust in Hashem. I can trust in Hashem. That's the grow up says the like don't trust the way others trust. Some people trust in their gods, in their idols, and that idol could be themselves. Or that idol could be their intellect. Or that idol could be their business acumen or their father-in-law's business or their father-in-law's Mr. Money Bucks. No, that's not it. You trust in Hashem. Don't trust in any idols. says, "Look back. Look at the history. Look at history. Look how many times Hashem took care of us. Look how many times Hashem provided for us. Look at the time in the wilderness when we had nothing. It was absolutely a midvar. It was a it was a desert. There's no food. There's no life. Hashem helped us there. He saved us there. He protected us there. Look, look through your recent history. How did you get until today? How did you survive until today? You survived who helped you despite your best efforts? Despite it. Okay. Says the mayor is this is what it means when it says the people of Israel shall trust in Hashem. Here it say what it means is what wants to give over to us. What he wants to teach us is the people of Israel. It is good. It is appropriate. It is befitting us to trust and to lean on Hashem. This the nations say, "Where is their God?" They look at us and they say, "Hey, where's your God? You who protected you on October 7th? Who protected you in the Holocaust? Where's your God?" That's that's what says. That's what the nations of the world say. And what we're saying here is like this that Hashem is hidden. We cannot see him. We cannot see God. He's hidden from the eyes of all living creatures to the point that a person can make a mistake. Hey, I I don't know how to pay. I'm going to I don't know how I'm going to pay my rent. I don't know how I'm going to buy the groceries. I don't know how this person is going to be cured. I don't know how it's going to work out. How could this possibly work out? Can make a mistake. The nations can say those who deny Hashem can say, "Hey, where's their God?" Or even those who believe in God believe that their version of God is right and not anyone else. So they can say, "Uh, where's the Jewish God? So what do we see? Hashem helped us. He protected us. Look at 1948 fledgling state. Impossible that we should make it. Read the history. 1967 all the Arab countries around us ready to destroy us. Impossible we should make it. Digging their graves. That's not what happens. Hashem takes down our enemies in front of us. the NASA and all of the and and the presidents of Iran etc etc. She protects us and saves us from those who are fighting against us. Shooting the Houthies shooting missiles at us doesn't land and it lands near the airport but not in the airport just like Hashem did for the people of Israel so many times. So I know I can trust him. Don't give me all of your your denials. Don't give me all your reasons why. Where is their God? God is here. God is here. The house of Aaron will also trust in him. Right. Continue the priests they also have seen how Hashem has saved them and taken care of them can call you Hashem. So to all those who fear Hashem and I want to say that it's not perhaps you could say it's not because they fear Hashem that's why Hashem protects them but it's because they fear Hashem that they see that Hashem is protecting them. They're looking for it. They're looking for it. It's easy to complain. It's easy to see all the problems. It's easy to see all the places that it seems like Hashem maybe didn't help me. But it's all a lie. It's because I'm not looking for the truth. I'm being dishonest. The truth is and know this says I'm going to explain this in the later on which we're not going to see together because we don't have that here and I don't know where the safer that safer is. So sadly but the bottom line is Hashem is protecting us. All the naysayers may say nay, but the truth is the honest truth is he is helping us and I don't have to be afraid and I can trust says is telling us it's a good idea. It's a good idea to trust in Hashem. I'm telling you I'm giving you a command. Trust in Hashem. [Music] Look, the truth is that naturally we should be destroyed. Israel doesn't belong here. Israel is supernatural. We don't we don't play by the same rules as everybody else. We're a small nation for thousands of years, a weak nation. Couldn't stand up for ourselves. But but what do we see? Hashem protected us. Hashem wanted us to survive, wanted us to continue. And now give us back a country. Give us back a place where we can learn Hashem's Tyra. The greatest Rabbit just mentioned in a in a shir on Shabas the the greatest in history the greatest center of Torah learning in world history is currently in Israel. That's a miracle man. That's a miracle. Well, that's against all odds. That's against all natural ways of being. It's not natural that we should be able to sit and learn. Hashem protects us. Hashem saves us. Says the says this is Hashem. Hashem is responding and saying like this. [Music] Let's let's say the truth. Let's look at this honestly. You're going to see that those who deny Hashem succeed. Those who say, "Oh, you know what? I've got all the business uh acumen. I've got all of the business advice. This is what's working. This is what's going to work." You see that those who trust in their idols, they succeed and they're ruling in this world. They're the ones who have the power in this world. Don't let your mind think too far. Don't don't get too upset. Don't be worried all the way around. When you see they're doing what's wrong and what's the result seems like they're successful, right? So this should actually strengthen your own trust in me. Means you should trust in Hashem. You see that Hashem helps the idol worshippers. You see that Hashem helps those who trust in not even in him, but he still helps them. Hashem is boundless in his love and he helps people who are denying him. The biggest atheist, he's a wealthy man. How could it be? He has from Hashem. He denies Hashem. How could it be? Yo, relax. If those who transgress Hashem's will have such [Music] success, I'm not sure exactly what this means, but it sounds like it's saying that someone else can have success. uess and we're under his boot and you know what the fact that we're under his boot is also to remove our ais it's to to give us is you see someone else succeeding hey I'm trying to serve Hashem why is that guy succeeding he's not serving Hashem that feels painful but you know what that pain does that pain removes our a pain is a kapara for us it has to it has to hit our our minds it has to have an impact on us that if Hashem is taking care of them and it has an offset secondary impact that it cleans us up from the things that we've done wrong. So certainly if we're trying to serve Hashem properly we're the ones who who deserve the direct impact. Certainly it's going to be good for us. Certainly it's going to work out for us. Certainly our needs will be met. It doesn't say it doesn't you know it's the P starts off you people of Israel you should trust in Hashem but then it switches to Hashem is their helper their protector. So it's not talking about us. It's talking about the goim. It's talking about the nations of the world. It's talking about those who do not serve Hashem. Hashem helps them. Hashem protects them. Says the alsh. The very fact that Hashem helps them should be like, "Wow, Hashem, Hashem loves everyone. And I'm trying to do his will. It's going to be good for me, too. It's going to be good for me, too." So, there's more to see. We have more on this puzz and and we're going to see this again next time. Thank you so much for for listening. We'll see you again next time.