Bitachon articles
Longer pieces, for when you have a few minutes.
A set of somewhat flawed analogies
Riding the waves:
Screaming defiance of teva
Nachshon ben aminadav is remembered for all time as the paradigm of actualized emunah, a man showcasing the very highest levels of trusting Hashem.
Its a topsy turvy world
I saw brought down in the Emunah and Bitachon sefer by Rav Dovid Abuchatzeira that the Chidushei Harim writes as follows
I think I’m in a western
I think I’m in a western.
A flicker in the darkness
As the darkness thickens, as problems stack up and life becomes ever more challenging, it does not merely feel dark — the darkness itself begins to argue. The teva is presenting itself as the final…
Who needs promises
In Sefer Ha'Ikrim (Ma'amar 4, Perek 46), R' Yosef Albo analyzes the concept of tikvah (hope and expectation) and delineates distinct forms of trust and reliance upon Hashem:
Don’t keep your eye on the prize
Here’s a line of dominos, each one bigger than the last. The first is the size of your fingernail. The last one is five hundred feet tall.
In Defense of the Chazon Ish
The Chazon Ish writes in Emunah Ubitachon, perek Beis: