David HaMelech teaches us in T’hilim (32:10), “The one who trusts in Hashem, kindness will surround him.” If you put your trust in Hashem, He will shower you with kindness. Chazal assure us that Hashem grants special protection, mercy, and kindness to those who put their absolute trust in Him.
In the Yalkut Shim’oni, Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Tanchum explain in the name of Rabbi Yirmiyahu: “Even a wicked person who trusts in Hashem will be surrounded by kindness.” When one has bitachon, he is guaranteed results, despite his personal standing as a righteous person or a wicked person.
Rabbeinu Bachya ben Asher, in Kad HaKemach, wrote: “One who trusts in Gd, he is rewarded by being carried high above affliction – even when it is befitting for such affliction to befall him.”
The Eitz Chaim commentary explains that even if a person is unworthy of Hashem’s kindness, the merit of his hope, prayer, and trust in Hashem can enact supernatural salvation on his behalf, as the pasuk in B’reishis (49:18) states, “Liyshuas’cha kivisi Hashem – I hope for your salvation, Hashem.”
The basis of our existence is the realization of the concept “Ein Od Milvado.” There is nothing besides Him – Hashem is the ultimate Controller, Conductor, Facilitator, Creator, and Owner of everything and every occurrence in existence – past, present, and future.
In times of trouble, Rav Chaim of Volozhin advises that a person should concentrate on Hashem’s absolute power, recognizing that there is no force in all existence that has any influence to help or harm him accept for Hashem’s will. If he fully acknowledges this truth, nothing in the world will be able to harm him (Nefesh HaChayim).
When a Yid is in a difficult situation, he works on strengthening his emunah and bitachon. Saying Sheim Shamayim b’kavanah, thinking Adon HaKol, is an exercise in emunah and bitachon. Everything depends on the sincerity of his bitachon, through which he can be redeemed from troubles, even if he is not worthy. True kavanah is about communicating with Hashem and realizing that you are speaking to a true and live G-d who is listening to every word you utter. The world and all of its resources are in His control, and He is the only one who can truly disseminate at will. During prayer, our focus should be completely on Him.
The Vilna Gaon teaches us that when we focus on the kindness and mercy that Hashem has bestowed upon us in the past, and recognize that we were not truly deserving of His gifts, rather we received them only due to His kindness and mercy, then we can begin to rely on His kindness once again. Once we realize that all of His gifts of the past were pure kindness and mercy – and we know that His kindness is endless – we can be confident that He will help us again now.
List of People Who Need a r’fuah sh’leimah (a complete recovery)
Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.
Zhenya ben Zoya
Chaim Avraham ben Shifrah Zissel
Malkiel ben Soraya
Yosef ben Alicia
Yaakov Chaim ben Mazal
Shmuel ben Ita Ettel
Zoya bas Rachel Raya
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Mitali Naomi bas Gilah Farcha
Rachel bas Leah
Israeli Soldiers
Avraham Yaakov ben Devorah
Binyamin Shlomo Yitzchak ben Rivkah Avivah
Shmuel ben Rachel
Avraham Yitzchak ben Chayah Sara
Aharon Yehudah ben Rivkah Zlata
Chaim Yair ben Miriam Devorah
Yitzchak ben Chanah Brachah
Levi Yitzchak ben Dinah Miriam
Meir Moshe ben Gittel
Yehoshua Elyakim Getzel ben Devorah
Naftali ben Devorah Sharon
Yisrael Mordechai ben Chanah Gittel
Shmayah ben Chanah Zelda
Avraham ben Ilanah Tovah
Yehudah Chaim ben Mina Chayah
Ohr Moshe ben Alizah
Elya Akiva ben Chavah Leah
Yisrael Yehudah ben Elisheva Rachel
Baruch Tzvi ben Shoshanah Raizel
Meir Simchah ben Adinah
Aharon Mordechai ben Kresel Baila
Avraham Mordechai ben Tiferes
Eliyahu ben Chayah Tamar
Yitzchak Issac ben Freida
Shlomo Zalman ben Tziporah Alitah
Netanel Meir ben Esther
Tuvia Nissim ben Yehudis
Yonah ben Tziporah
Yehudah Aharon ben Tziviah
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