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Daily Chizuk #1240
Holidays / Yamim Tovim
Wonders of Bitachon: Reaping Rewards in Both Worlds
THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS
The goyim fight with their hands and weapons while we fight with our voices – the voices of Torah and tefila. אלה ברכב ואלה בסוסים – they have chariots and horses to fight with – ואנחנו בשם ה' אלוקינו נזכיר – but we fight by calling out to Hashem our G-d. They are subject to the rules of nature, while we transcend nature. In all the wars that Klal Yisrael was involved in, we always knew how powerless we were. All our strength comes only from Hashem. אין לנו על מי להישען רק על אבינו שבשמים. That has always been the key to our success. All the way back when we were trapped by the Egyptians at the Yam Suf, until today, when we cry out to Hashem for help, only then do we get saved.
Today is the yahrtzeit of Rachel Imenu. She continues to pray for us in Shamayim like it says, רחל מבכה על בניה. About a decade ago, we were involved in a ground invasion of Gaza and every soldier entering that territory was in grave danger. The Rabbanit of Rav Mordehcai Elihayu, zatzal, told that the day before the operation, she told her husband, “Our children are going into the lion’s den. Go to Kever Rachel and pray to Hashem to save them. Ask Rachel Imenu to pray on their behalf as well.” As she recalled what happened afterward, she said she was filled with goose bumps.
Hashem has millions of ways of saving us, but first we must truly believe that we have no one else other than Him. Because the Israeli Army today is known to be powerful and America is backing it as well, this job becomes harder to do. We must never get fooled by what meets the eye. The pasuk says in Hoshea, אשור לא יושיענו, על סוס לא נרכב ולא נאמר עוד אלוקינו למעשה ידינו. Rav Chaim Shmuelovitz explained this pasuk during the Yom Kippur War. He said אשור לא יושיענו means we can’t put our faith in America. על סוס לא נרכב means we can’t put our faith in our Air Force. ולא נאמר עוד אלוקינו למעשה ידינו means we can’t put our faith in our Army. אשר בך ירוחם יתום– we have no one to rest upon other than Hashem.
Our prayers are what win wars. Baruch Hashem, our soldiers know this as well. They are begging us to pray for them. They are arming themselves with tzitzit and tefillin. We must not let up. We must continue storming Shamayim for Hashem to protect us and to bring the Mashiach tzidkenu.
The goyim fight with their hands and weapons while we fight with our voices – the voices of Torah and tefila. אלה ברכב ואלה בסוסים – they have chariots and horses to fight with – ואנחנו בשם ה' אלוקינו נזכיר – but we fight by calling out to Hashem our G-d. They are subject to the rules of nature, while we transcend nature. In all the wars that Klal Yisrael was involved in, we always knew how powerless we were. All our strength comes only from Hashem. אין לנו על מי להישען רק על אבינו שבשמים. That has always been the key to our success. All the way back when we were trapped by the Egyptians at the Yam Suf, until today, when we cry out to Hashem for help, only then do we get saved.
Today is the yahrtzeit of Rachel Imenu. She continues to pray for us in Shamayim like it says, רחל מבכה על בניה. About a decade ago, we were involved in a ground invasion of Gaza and every soldier entering that territory was in grave danger. The Rabbanit of Rav Mordehcai Elihayu, zatzal, told that the day before the operation, she told her husband, “Our children are going into the lion’s den. Go to Kever Rachel and pray to Hashem to save them. Ask Rachel Imenu to pray on their behalf as well.” As she recalled what happened afterward, she said she was filled with goose bumps.
Hashem has millions of ways of saving us, but first we must truly believe that we have no one else other than Him. Because the Israeli Army today is known to be powerful and America is backing it as well, this job becomes harder to do. We must never get fooled by what meets the eye. The pasuk says in Hoshea, אשור לא יושיענו, על סוס לא נרכב ולא נאמר עוד אלוקינו למעשה ידינו. Rav Chaim Shmuelovitz explained this pasuk during the Yom Kippur War. He said אשור לא יושיענו means we can’t put our faith in America. על סוס לא נרכב means we can’t put our faith in our Air Force. ולא נאמר עוד אלוקינו למעשה ידינו means we can’t put our faith in our Army. אשר בך ירוחם יתום– we have no one to rest upon other than Hashem.
Our prayers are what win wars. Baruch Hashem, our soldiers know this as well. They are begging us to pray for them. They are arming themselves with tzitzit and tefillin. We must not let up. We must continue storming Shamayim for Hashem to protect us and to bring the Mashiach tzidkenu.
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