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Daily Chizuk #0923
Weekly Parasha
The High Form of Bitachon: Meriting the Biggest Beracha
Parashat Shelach: Even Better
In this week’s parasha, Shelach, the Jewish People were tested in emunah and bitachon and they failed. Kalev tried to give them chizuk, saying, “Hashem wants us to go in, we have nothing to fear.” But it didn’t help. The pasuk says סלחתי כדבריך ואולם חי אני – Hashem forgave them but they were not going to be allowed into Eretz Yisrael. Most mefarshim explain סלחתי כדבריך to mean Hashem forgave them for the עגל, but not for the meraglim. And that’s why they were not allowed into Israel. The reason both sins are mentioned in the same pasuk is because both of them were due to a lack of bitachon. By the עגל, Hashem tested the people by showing them a vision which made it appear that Moshe Rabbenu was not coming back. They knew that the mann was in the merit of Moshe and so they feared without Moshe they would go hungry. Their test was they should have realized Hashem is the One supporting them. It is true that Hashem gives us things in the merit of tzaddikim, but He also gives us new tzaddikim when the ones we had were taken away.
We are never dependent on one means in any area of life. Hashem is the One who provides the means and He is unlimited. And we are to know that He was, is and always will be there to help us.
Shabbat Shalom!
In this week’s parasha, Shelach, the Jewish People were tested in emunah and bitachon and they failed. Kalev tried to give them chizuk, saying, “Hashem wants us to go in, we have nothing to fear.” But it didn’t help. The pasuk says סלחתי כדבריך ואולם חי אני – Hashem forgave them but they were not going to be allowed into Eretz Yisrael. Most mefarshim explain סלחתי כדבריך to mean Hashem forgave them for the עגל, but not for the meraglim. And that’s why they were not allowed into Israel. The reason both sins are mentioned in the same pasuk is because both of them were due to a lack of bitachon. By the עגל, Hashem tested the people by showing them a vision which made it appear that Moshe Rabbenu was not coming back. They knew that the mann was in the merit of Moshe and so they feared without Moshe they would go hungry. Their test was they should have realized Hashem is the One supporting them. It is true that Hashem gives us things in the merit of tzaddikim, but He also gives us new tzaddikim when the ones we had were taken away.
We are never dependent on one means in any area of life. Hashem is the One who provides the means and He is unlimited. And we are to know that He was, is and always will be there to help us.
Shabbat Shalom!
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