Trusting in Hashem is the Best Thing Possible!

In the bracha of Al HaTzadikim during the Amida we say “Uleolam lo Nevosh Ki Vecha Batachnu – So that we may never be ashamed, for in You we trust.” The mefarshim ask: What shame and embarrassment are we talking about here and what does it have to do with trusting in Hashem?

Rav Yitzchak Moltzon* in his sefer Siach Yitzchak explains that normally when we must rely on someone else to get something there is an element of embarrassment involved. We feel like it’s a weakness that we can’t provide that thing for ourselves. It’s like we are missing something. Which is why people are often ashamed to ask for help.

But trusting in Hashem is the greatest level a person can reach. Understanding that we need Hashem is not a weakness, but rather a strength. It’s the ability to transcend our ego and realize that “ein od milvado – there is no true reality other than Hashem.”

So, during this sad period of the year and troubling time for our people let us strengthen our bitachon in Hashem that He will save us and bring Moshiach very soon!

* Rav Yitzchak Moltzon was a student of R Yisrael Salanter and later served as a dayan in Kelm. He then made aliya and passed away in Eretz Yisrael.

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