When is the preferable time to recite Birkat Ha'levana (the blessing over the new moon) for the month of Tishrei?
Today we will study chapter
37 of Tehilim, pasuk 4:
<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">עַל־ה׳<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">וְיִֽתֶּן־לְ֝ךָ֗<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">לִבֶּֽךָ<span dir="LTR" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Delight<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">in God, and He will give you your
heart’s desires.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">How is<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">this a pasuk regarding bitachon?<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">In the prior pasuk,<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">he told us<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">בְּטַ֣ח<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">בַּ֭ה׳<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">וַעֲשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב<span dir="LTR" style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Trust in Hashem and do good
<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">a continuation of that topic.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Here, David Hamelech tells
us two <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">Hiddushim <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">that <span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">Brisker Rav
explains.
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> Firstly, when a person knows that he’s going to make money in a deal, and he’s
sure he’s going to get it, his
happiness is not complete until he actually has the money in his hand.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">Once the check clears, or the deal goes through,<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">then he really delights..<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">“<span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">But the highest level of bitachon is<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">when<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">his reliance<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">is so strong
that he’ll already feel that delight as if he already has it in his pocket.”<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">That’s what <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">Delight
in God <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">means- when you’ve reached the level of delighting as if
you already have what you’re relying for, <span style="font-size:
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mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Then<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">וְיִֽתֶּן־לְ֝ךָ֗<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥ת<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">לִבֶּֽךָ<span dir="LTR" style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Hashem will give you your heart’s desire. <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Your bitachon has to be so strong that you already feel like it’s
in your pocket. <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">The Ben Yehoyada and other commentaries explain that the<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">reason the great Hillel waited until
Friday to shop for his Shabbat food (unlike Shammai who would start on Sunday,
replace it with something better on Monday
etc.) was that he felt that it was already in his pocket. <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">He felt so strongly that he had it
already.<span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Of course, this is a very
high level. But we should know that<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">there were such people, and that
this level existed.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">So our first point<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">is that bitachon can be <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Vadai- For sure.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">We can be so sure that we will get what we are relying on Hashem
for, that we already feel that delight.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">The Brisker Rav points out another <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">Hiddush<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> from his pasuk. He says
that the pasuk is testifying that through bitachon, “<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">we can get anything.”<span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">And if you reach that level, where you are convinced, <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">וְיִֽתֶּן־לְ֝ךָ֗<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥ת<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">לִבֶּֽךָ<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">you can <span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">literally <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">get your heart’s desire<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">.
You can get <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">everything.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">The Baalei Bitachon bring down a famous story about an argument between two
great rabbis, Rav Yisrael Salantar and the Rashash (Rav Shmuel Strashun) about
whether a person could have bitachon for luxuries. This pasuk was cited as one of the sources, because
it says<span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">וְיִֽתֶּן־לְ֝ךָ֗<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥ת<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">לִבֶּֽךָ<span dir="LTR" style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">He will give your<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">heart’s<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">desires.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Heart’s desires<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> means <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">anything<span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">. <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">They further prove this point from another story (which we have
mentioned in the past) from the Gemarah,
in Masechet Ketubot: (67b)<span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">A man once came to Rava, and Rava asked him what he’d like to eat.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">The man requested a fattened chicken
and old wine. Rava asked why he wasn’t worried about putting such big burden on the people. It’s like<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">asking for<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">luxuries from a free soup kitchen.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">But the man replied that he wasn’t taking from <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">them<span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">, he was getting from <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">God<span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">, as it says, “<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Poteach et Yadecha- Open your hands <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">and He will provide.”<span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">At that moment, Rava’s sister, whom he hadn’t seen for 13 years,<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">came to visit him, and she brought
with her, a <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">fattened chicken and old wine. <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Rava told the man, “<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">Take this, it’s yours.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">Your bitachon
brought it.”<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">What do we see from here?<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">We see that Hashem<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">brought <span style="font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">luxuries<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> to this man,<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">through his bitachon! <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">You can get a gold watch or a fancy, new car. Don’t feel that your
bitachon isn’t for<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">asking<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">for luxuries or extras. Don’t think that your Bitachon is for the
bare minimum. No.
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">The pasuk tells us,<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">
<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">וְהִתְעַנַּ֥ג<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> <span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
major-bidi">עַל־ה׳<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">
<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">וְיִֽתֶּן־לְ֝ךָ֗<span lang="HE" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi">Hashem will give you your heart’s desires.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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to receive this every week.<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">The Gemarah, in Masechet Shabbat ( 118b), says that <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi">anybody who delights with Shabbat<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;
mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">gets his
heart’s desires. <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
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major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">And it quotes this pasuk. <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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<span dir="RTL" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi">One of the ways that we rejoice on God is with Shabbat. We shut
down our businesses, we enjoy God’s presence, we rely on Him (because we aren’t
doing anything), and that gives us our heart’s desires.
<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi">That means that the <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">Oneg/enjoyment<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi"> Shabbat that we get is<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:
major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">from our Bitachon. So even if<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi"> we <span style="font-size:16.0pt;
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of Shabbat can also bring us our heart’s desires. <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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major-bidi">B’ezrat Hashem, we should all raise our levels of Bitachon, and see the fruits of our labor, with Hashem
fulfilling our heart’s desires. <span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
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