Should Rich People Teach Bitachon?

Hi, this is Daskki with that question and answer series where in a few minutes we'll try to answer listeners questions. Why do we listen to Shurim from rich people? Wouldn't it be better to listen from poor people? Well, uh I have to tell you I know poor people who don't have any baken also [laughter] and I know some rich people who have a tremendous amount of talking. Now, I don't know if you're referring to uh this specifically, but I know there's uh a fellow in New York who makes these uh uh these little recordings about my kids listen to them and they get a tremendous amount of from them. And he is wealthy, but he stresses, I did not start out wealthy. I was not born wealthy. I was uh born to a single mother without any money and I built myself up and I managed to succeed in life because I had and I understand that au could take everything away from me in a second and I know people who it's happened to wealthy people have lost it. So to think that a wealthy person doesn't need ben doesn't need trust in God and to think that every poor person has beten is a mistake. Bken is an attribute that has nothing to do with your financial situation. Nakmian Bengorian was a very wealthy person and there was no water for the ole regul who were coming for Yantiff. It hadn't rained and so he made a deal with uh the Roman governor to give them water for everybody and I'll pay it back by this date. If not, I'll pay you the money. And it was an enormous amount of money, basically more than he had. Being a wealthy person does not guarantee that you have limitless funds. You know, these people who are pushing in America universal health care, they say we should tax the billionaires and uh if you took the money from all the billionaires and all the millionaires and everybody who has over $100,000, it's still not enough money to pay for universal healthcare. So come on, be real. You know, just because a person has money doesn't mean that it's limitless and that you can do anything. It's nice to think you certainly can go out to eat, but it doesn't mean that you can do anything. Yeah. So comes the day and there's no water. So he says, "Okay, you know, pay up." He says, "It's still the morning. Comes the afternoon." He says, "Okay, pay up." Says, "Day's not over yet." to he goes into the base of Mikdash and he says, "You know that what I did I did not do for me or for the honor of my family. I did this for you that the Oliv should have water. I need your help now." There was not a cloud in the sky. And suddenly all the clouds gather and it starts pouring and it pours and it pours and it pours and it fills up all the sistns and all of the wells and all of the reservoirs and unbelievable. So he comes out and the king says very impressive but too late you missed the deadline. It was pesh past sunset. So he goes into the base of mdash. He says, "You know what I did? I did not do for me or for my honor or for my family's honor. I did this for your honor. I need help." And just then the clouds part and the sun is still in the sky. So he was one of the wealthiest Jews, but he knew he needed. So having money is no guarantee to having beten or not having beten. And likewise being poor is no guarantee. There are people who don't have money and they spend their whole time worrying and worrying and running around here. Where am I going to get money from? What am I going to do? It's no guarantee. Listen to anybody who has developed their sense of ben. That's who you should listen to. Davidski with our question and answer