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Bitachon Weekly Bitachon Weekly Stories of Novardok Soldiers of Hashem Bitachon Weekly TO RECEIVE BITACHON WEEKLY BY EMAIL SEND A REQUEST TO: [email protected] For Dedications call (732) 363 1180 The Weekly Vaad can be heard on Kol Halashon (718) 906 6400 Option 1, 4, 93 www.kolhalashon.com And now available on: Bitachon Hotline (732) 719 3898 Rabbi Mandel can also be heard on Kav Hashgacha Pratis 646-585-2979 Yiddish #122 Hebrew #222 English #322 The new edition of Bitachon Weekly is researched and edited by Rabbi Yaakov Shur 1 IN THIS ISSUE REB GERSHON LIEBMAN, THE GREATEST OF THE BAALEI BITACHON Special Reb Gershon Liebman Edition WE NEED TO VALUE THE POWER OF OUR SMALLEST MITZVOS, EVEN OUR RETZONOS MANY OF US GET SIGNALS FROM HASHEM [RELAXATION AND BITACHON] IN OUR LIVES WHEN A PERSON HAS BITACHON, THE SHECHINA IS WITH HIM AVODAS HASHEM BEGINS WITH THE BRAZENNESS AND CHUTZPA OF BITACHON THE MISHKAN CAN ONLY BE BUILT THROUGH EVERYONE FEELING EQUAL A BAAL BITACHON HAS A HAPPY LIFE HASHEM REWARDS US EVEN FOR OUR FAILED ATTEMPTS IN AVODAS HASHEM A PERSON WHO IS CLOSE TO HASHEM, DOES NOT FEEL INFERIOR TO OTHERS INSTEAD OF ADMIRING OTHERS, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR OWN GADLUS YOUR MISTAKES ARE THE REASON FOR YOUR GREATNESS WHEN THE SHECHINA IS ON YOU, YOUR LIFE IS FULL OF SWEETNESS YOU DESERVE THE GOODNESS OF BITACHON HASHEM, UNCONDITIONALLY HASHEM WANTS TO GIVE US MUCH MORE GOODNESS THAN WE THINK HE DOES OUR TORAH AND MITZVOS DEPEND ON WEEKLY FOCUSING OUR HEART ON HASHEM TO CONQUER THE YETZER HARA A PERSON NEEDS TO BE STRONG, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF HAVING BITACHON A TZADDIK WHO HAS BITACHON IN HASHEM, ONLY GROWS FROM This Week is Sponsored in Part DIFFICULTIES in honor of Sarah bas Golda Faiga on the occasion of her birthday and that Klal Yisroel should have Bitachon and to be Zocheh to the Geula Shelaima! Bitachon Weekly used a razor. He was always busy giving away his The Greatest of the Baalei Bitachon own food, and people stood on line to get his This Shabbos [29 Adar] is the Yahrzeit of Reb portion. He was constantly involved in saving Gershon Liebman Zatzal. Reb Yaakov Galinsky lives while in the concentration camps. This was told me that during World War II, Reb Gershon his thrill and Simchas HaChaim. He was totally had the option to flee to the Russian side, but selfless, all he cared about was others. chose instead to remain in Nazi territory, since the Throughout the war years, he never showed any Russians were out to Shmad spiritually destroy Klal Yisroel and destroy their Neshamos, whereas . Incredible! the Nazis only destroyed their bodies. Now this I would never believe if Reb Yitzchok Reb Bitachon in this situation : During the was beyond comprehension. He spoke publicly about not being afraid of Nazis, and he himself than afterwards! He had spent his whole was found learning in an empty Bais Medrash life learning Mussar, Mussar, and more Mussar, while the Nazis were searching for people house which he loved like life itself.1 Bitachon was his to house, terrorizing everyone by blowing up line, . buildings and other forms of horror. Reb Yitzchok He seemed to love challenges where he could G. Shlita asked him about his reckless Hanhaga show Hashem how much Bitachon he had in Him, behavior: What about Pikuach Nefesh? He said and how much he loved Him. that he does minimum Hishtadlus; when the Nazis They say that one of the reasons he fled to the pass by his Bais Medrash, he gets up from his Nazis instead of the Russians, was because he was sefer and stands behind the door. so involved in working on his Middos and going He had so much Bitachon in Hashem, that he against his nature, that he automatically went to actually created a yeshiva in the ghetto. He was the less desirable direction. Shviras HaMiddos brazen and fearless throughout the Holocaust. He gave him tremendous Simcha. He once said: would daven Shachris loudly [with a Mussar wherever you go, you can find opportunities for Niggun], he would refuse to work on Shabbos, Shviras HaMiddos. His main focus was Bitachon and he would get beaten up mercilessly. Yet, he and not looking for Kavod. When a person would perfects himself in these two areas, all the other continued to be Moser Nefesh for Yiddishkeit. Middos come almost automatically. Somehow, he always had a sefer to learn from, As soon as he was liberated, he started looking to and when they took away his sefer he would build Yeshivos, even while still in prison clothes always miraculously obtain a new one. He risked in Bergen-Belsen. The Nazis had tortured his body in many areas, his life to smuggle in his Tefillin, and also a hand- yet he lived over forty years as a healthy person, clipper, to avoid being shaven by the Nazis who 1 2 Bitachon Weekly any Cheshbonos Bachur, and miracles. There was something wrong with his you, the next Bachur shoulder, his heel, his nose, and plenty more areas Shiduchim worked out beautifully. I heard from a that would traumatize a person for the rest of his person who is the son of one of these matches, that life [at least psychologically]. It appeared that he had no mental scars or nightmares due to the married. They are so different, yet they get along Holocaust; as if he never had any traumas in his great. A person with a high level of life. They say that learning sefer Madregas Bitachon has a totally different HaAdam caused him to be so extremely positive. He spent his years building a network of Yeshivos Hashgacha, he is taken care of by all over France. It started off as the poorest Hashem above the rules of nature. yeshiva in the world, but with great Bitachon he became a millionaire, even supporting other Yeshivos besides his own. When he came to - dollar check. He was an unusually warm and loving person, and was Geshmak to talk to. Although he was a self- effacing Anav, yet he carried himself with dignity; he looked like a general of an army. Throughout his life he was youthful, energetic, and full of laughter and good humor. This is the power of a lifetime of learning Mussar with Simcha. I suspect he learned Shaar HaBitachon [and other such seforim] at least a thousand times. They say that one of his favorite Pesukim was: My best thing is closeness to Hashem, which he must have sang this thousands of times. Accompanying his Rebbe, Reb Avrohom Yoffen When his seminary girls were ready to get married, he lined them all up on one side of a big We Need to Value the Power of Our Smallest room, and all the eligible yeshiva boys on the Mitzvos, Even Our Retzonos other side. He matched them at random without The Shach asks2: This Passuk is totally extra, 2 3 Bitachon Weekly since the Torah already mentioned all that was a person with more Kibud Av than Eisav. Haman brought for the Mishkan. He answers that there fell into the hands of Esther, since she was a were many men [and women] who would have Yesomah orphan, and she constantly had Tza'ar liked to bring the entire Mishkan, each person by for not being able to fulfill the Mitzva of Kibud Av himself! Hashem considers it as if they actually . The power of her Tza'ar is so great, it is as did bring, since: your if she fulfilled the Mitzva to the utmost perfection. good intention is counted like an actual deed. ***** This extra Passuk is special for them! According to this, the power of her Tza'ar is even greater than a lifetime of doing [despite The Shach says this in the name of his Rabbeim, and the Malbim says the same Pshat. This equals his tremendous Madrega of Kibud Av]. Our holy 4 many Gedolim who consider this the real Pshat! Torah says if a person wanted to do a Mitzva, but ** unfortunately was not able to do it, it is as if he This is a message for all of us, to take our good actually did it. If you really care and are hurt by intentions and Retzonos your inability do a Mitzva, your reward can be even greater than actually having done the Mitzva. aspirations seriously! We should constantly ****** thank Hashem for them, since our Zechusim are The Yom Tov of Purim is truly a great mystery. unbelievable. Who knows how much wanting to Especially according to the Arizal who said that finish Shas and Poskim is worth in Shamayim, or Yom HaKipurim means it is like Purim, meaning wanting to be a Tzaddik, a , and a Purim is greater! Yom Kippur is a serious day with great Baal Tzedaka lots of Avodas Hashem; we understand its Lakewood or Yerushalayim, where you have so importance. Purim is a day of letting loose to the many Gedolim in Torah and Yiras Shamayim extent of becoming drunk. Any Mr. Nobody can do this. Of course, there are Tzaddikim who can *** have a Purim to perfection. But to the simple When we see how good Hashem is, and how person, it is hard to digest the concept that acting much value He gives to the slightest goodness in like a Meshugener [to some extent] can be greater us, it becomes much easier to have Bitachon in than the Holy Day. Him.
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