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Part A: Letters

Part B: Talks

   78.
Why was Yosef punished for placing his trust in the royal butler,
for preparing a natural means through which he could be released from the dungeon?

79.
Regardless of everything, Yaakov Avinu went on his way
with a light heart and in high spirits, because he had trust in the One Above.

80.
Even if until that moment such a person was tainted by idolatry,
or perhaps a tinge of it, when Pesach eve arrives he can have complete trust that "now
the Omnipresent has brought us near to His service."

81.
So long as the Yeshivah is their home, students should immerse themselves in their Torah studies
and not be concerned with questions as to how they will eventually earn a living.

82.
The Rebbe Maharash answers his own question:
"People are not lacking a livelihood; they are lacking trust.
Every individual is indeed provided with a livelihood. It's only that by lacking trust,
a person sometimes turns off the tap...."

83.
"Even a little guy like me gave tzedakah to a bedraggled stranger!"

84.
The first time Adam saw nightfall,
he discovered that a man is able to diffuse light even when the world around him is dark.

85.
Before the Sea Splits: Four Responses to the Crises of This World

86.
Faith and Trust

87.
A Jewish farmer "believes in Him Who is the Life
of all the worlds - and sows."

88.
From the Mouths of Babes: Three Modes of Trust

89.
When one has trust in the One on High,
he also has trust in his fellow Jews.

90.
Once the beleaguered King Chizkiyahu heard the words of Yeshayahu,
he placed his trust so completely in the Hands of G-d that he lay down in bed...
for a sweet and tranquil slumber.

91.
Even Bread from the Earth comes from Heaven.

92.
G-d will provide him with all his needs even if he has not yet
tackled his task for the month of Elul - repentance.
Indeed, it applies because he is in that state.

93.
G-d's army - and in our context, the Israel Defense Forces,
whose privilege it is to defend Jewish towns with actual self-sacrifice...

94.
Yosef turned to the Chief Butler
as if his whole salvation depended on him - and this constituted his sin.

95.
This arousal included a heightened trust that Divine Providence
supervises the particulars of every individual's life,
and this in turn empowered the chassid to decide what to do and how to act.

96.
"In G-d we trust" means that one regards G-d as his trustee:
one hands everything over into His Hands and relies on Him in all one's affairs.

97.
When a child is born, his sustenance is born together with him.
Indeed, the birth of an additional child increases the sustenance of the entire household.

98.
The commandment to "be fruitful and multiply" should be fulfilled in a spirit in which G-d's blessings
of sons and daughters are received "with joy and a gladsome heart."

99.
Trusting in G-d does Not Contradict the Belief that Everything is for the Good.

100.
Exactly What is Meant by the Obligation to Trust in G-d?

"A Weighty Task Indeed"
A Thought from the Rebbe Rashab

"When there is still a straw to hang on to"
A Thought from the Rebbe Rayatz

In Good Hands
100 Letters and Talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
on Bitachon: Trusting in G-d
Part B: Talks
93.
G-d's army - and in our context, the Israel Defense Forces,
whose privilege it is to defend Jewish towns with actual self-sacrifice...
Compiled and Translated by Uri Kaploun

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  92.
G-d will provide him with all his needs even if he has not yet
tackled his task for the month of Elul - repentance.
Indeed, it applies because he is in that state.
Search this book:
94.
Yosef turned to the Chief Butler
as if his whole salvation depended on him - and this constituted his sin.  

The[647] soldiers who have been privileged to protect Jewish towns at the risk of physical self-sacrifice will no doubt continue fulfilling their duty and mission of ensuring - by natural means - the security and welfare of the Jewish people, and will no doubt maintain this activity until its completion.

It goes without saying that they fulfill their duty and mission in the spirit of the verse,[648] "[Some rely upon chariots and some upon horses,] but we [rely upon and] invoke the Name of the L-rd our G-d"; likewise,[649] "We raise our banners in the Name of G-d." They do not believe that "my power and the might of my own hand have won this wealth for me."[650] Rather, they know that so long as we are still surrounded by the doubled and redoubled darkness of the era of exile, the Holy One, blessed be He, wants physical armaments to be used and action to be taken - according to the laws of nature - to ensure the security and welfare of Jewish people.

G-d grants His help when Jews tackle their defense tasks with the realization that He is the source of their strength and when they fulfill His directives. These include the directive that it is forbidden to cede territories which are part of Eretz Yisrael (or territories vital to its security) and which He gave to the Jewish people. This prohibition is in effect now, too, when we are still living in the era of exile. (The fact that we are still in exile explains why some regions of Eretz Yisrael have not yet been given to the Jewish people, for this must wait until the coming of our Righteous Mashiach.) To resume the above thought: When Jews tackle their defense tasks with the realization that the source of their strength is the power of the Holy One, blessed be He, He sees to it that they will have no need for actual armaments, for the mere knowledge that such armaments exist will cast fear and dread on the other party, to the point that they will flee for their lives.

Endeavors should therefore be made to strengthen the soldiers' connection with all aspects of Yiddishkeit. Uppermost among these is a genuine trust in "G-d, the L-rd of Hosts,"[651] a trust that He stands at the head of all armies, beginning with "the hosts of G-d,"[652] G-d's army - and in our context, the Israel Defense Forces,[653] whose privilege it is to defend Jewish towns with actual self-sacrifice.

In order to fortify their trust in "G-d, the L-rd of Hosts," their connection with all aspects of Yiddishkeit should be strengthened - to the extent of fully observing the Torah and its mitzvos in their daily lives.

This applies especially to the observance of the commandment of tefillin. For there is a Divine promise that "all the nations of the world will see that the Name of G-d is proclaimed over you and will stand in fear of you"[654] - and the Sages teach that this verse alludes to the tefillin that are worn on the head.[655]

   

Notes:

  1. (Back to text) The Heb. original of the above text, whose wording was approved by the Rebbe, combines excerpts from three sichos delivered (on 22 Sivan, and 3 and 7 Tammuz) at the height of the war in Lebanon - "Operation Peace for the Galilee" - in the summer of 1982. See Toras Menachem - Hisvaaduyos, 5742 (1982), Vol. 3, p. 1744.

  2. (Back to text) Tehillim 20:8.

  3. (Back to text) Loc. cit., v. 6.

  4. (Back to text) Devarim 8:17.

  5. (Back to text) Amos 3:13.

  6. (Back to text) In the original, Tzivos HaShem (Shmos 12:41).

  7. (Back to text) In the original, Tzva Haganah LeYisrael - the IDF.

  8. (Back to text) Devarim 28:10.

  9. (Back to text) Menachos 35b. With this teaching the Rebbe launched the worldwide Tefillin Campaign on the eve of the Six-Day War in 1967.


  92.
G-d will provide him with all his needs even if he has not yet
tackled his task for the month of Elul - repentance.
Indeed, it applies because he is in that state.
Search this book:
94.
Yosef turned to the Chief Butler
as if his whole salvation depended on him - and this constituted his sin.  
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