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Daily Chizuk #1652
Holidays / Yamim Tovim
Remembering Our Deeds: The True Purpose of a Fast Day
Bitachon and Geula
The Rambam writes the purpose of the fast is to get us to remember the bad deeds that caused the destruction and then accept upon ourselves to fix them. The main cause of the churban was people hating each other. If our bitachon in Hashem would be stronger, there would be no room for hatred because we would believe b'emunah shelemah that everything, even what people do to us, is caused by Hashem for our best.
Chazal tell us, the first Tisha B'Av of calamity was when the people cried from the words of the meraglim, which was due to their lack of bitachon in Hashem. If they would have trusted in Hashem, they wouldn't have been afraid of anybody. When we truly believe that there is only Hashem in this world and nothing else, we will be able to rectify all the sins that have prolonged this galut.
If a person is learning Torah and the yetzer hara tells him if he leaves early to tend to his affairs, it'll be so much better for him. Bitachon will say, "I am doing the will of Hashem now, I'll only gain if I stay."
Hashem will not necessarily make it obvious to a person that he gained by doing the right thing, but that is only to keep a person's free will balanced. When our bitachon is strong, our middot will be the way they are supposed to be. We won't be arrogant, we won't get angry, we won't be jealous, and we'll be happy to do the job that Hashem sent us here to do. Let us resolve today to strengthen our bitachon in Hashem and, b'ezrat Hashem, that will be the zechut we need to bring the geula shelemah. Amen. תזכו בנחמת ציון.
Shabbat Shalom!
The Rambam writes the purpose of the fast is to get us to remember the bad deeds that caused the destruction and then accept upon ourselves to fix them. The main cause of the churban was people hating each other. If our bitachon in Hashem would be stronger, there would be no room for hatred because we would believe b'emunah shelemah that everything, even what people do to us, is caused by Hashem for our best.
Chazal tell us, the first Tisha B'Av of calamity was when the people cried from the words of the meraglim, which was due to their lack of bitachon in Hashem. If they would have trusted in Hashem, they wouldn't have been afraid of anybody. When we truly believe that there is only Hashem in this world and nothing else, we will be able to rectify all the sins that have prolonged this galut.
If a person is learning Torah and the yetzer hara tells him if he leaves early to tend to his affairs, it'll be so much better for him. Bitachon will say, "I am doing the will of Hashem now, I'll only gain if I stay."
Hashem will not necessarily make it obvious to a person that he gained by doing the right thing, but that is only to keep a person's free will balanced. When our bitachon is strong, our middot will be the way they are supposed to be. We won't be arrogant, we won't get angry, we won't be jealous, and we'll be happy to do the job that Hashem sent us here to do. Let us resolve today to strengthen our bitachon in Hashem and, b'ezrat Hashem, that will be the zechut we need to bring the geula shelemah. Amen. תזכו בנחמת ציון.
Shabbat Shalom!
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