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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
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.
Compiled and Translated by Uri Kaploun

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  83.
"Even a little guy like me gave tzedakah to a bedraggled stranger!"
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85.
Before the Sea Splits: Four Responses to the Crises of This World  

This[495] is the message of a Melaveh Malkah, which takes place after the passage of 24 hours during which no business was done. Yet one has to compete with someone who has not observed Shabbos - and according to the natural order of things, every additional working day adds dollars to one's bank account.

In response to this, the One on High[496] says: " 'Have no fear, My servant Yaakov!'[497] If you are My servant, you have nothing to fear. I will provide you with everything."

When someone has a bondman, the Torah rules that the master has to provide for him and for his family. The bondman is obligated to do the work that his master assigns him; as to his livelihood, his master will see to that. The same applies to Jews. When a Jew is "My servant Yaakov," and does what the One on High wants him to do, He provides him with all his needs, both spiritual and material.

This is highlighted whenever a group of Jews foregather happily for their weekly Melaveh Malkah. A day has just passed during which there was no income. Not only that, but there were various Shabbos expenses as well, and a donation made in the course of a Mi SheBeirach[498] after being called to the Torah, and there was a guest for Kiddush and a Shabbos meal, and so on.

And when that day comes to an end on Motzaei Shabbos, a Jew says Baruch Atah... boreh meorei ha'esh, blessing Him "Who creates the lights of fire," for he knows that though the world outside is dark, he is able to light it up. This is what we learn in the Midrash - that the first time Adam saw nightfall, G-d gave him the notion that he should rub two stones together and produce light. It was then that he discovered that a man is able to diffuse light even when the world around him is dark.

   

Notes:

  1. (Back to text) Extract from a talk addressed to a group of businessmen from New Haven who met every week for a Melaveh Malkah, the festive meal - with meditative niggunim, stories of tzaddikim, and inspirational Torah teachings - with which the departing Shabbos Queen is escorted every Saturday night. The talk was delivered on Sunday, 16 Iyar, 5719 (1959), and appears in Toras Menachem - Hisvaaduyos, Vol. 25, pp. 286-289.

  2. (Back to text) In the original Yid., der Eibershter.

  3. (Back to text) Yeshayahu 44:2. This assurance is the theme of a well-loved Melaveh Malkah hymn.

  4. (Back to text) See Siddur Tehillat HaShem (Annotated Edition), p. 226.


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"Even a little guy like me gave tzedakah to a bedraggled stranger!"
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Before the Sea Splits: Four Responses to the Crises of This World  
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