Bitachon: A Practical Guide to Trust in God

You should never fear anything except God. If ever you begin to feel afraid of anything, remember the great fear which is due to God. Throughout the day, fill your entire consciousness with this sense of awe. It will help you to pray with all your strength ―to utter the words with such force that they are like thunderbolts! Then you will hear the w

Bittul, the opposite of yeshus, means nullifying the self. But it does not mean crushing one’s personality; it means dedicating oneself to a higher purpose than self, and constantly striving to achieve that purpose. When a person is buttel, he functions without being aware of himself.

There is no answer to the question, “Why do the innocent suffer?” at the level of thought. The only adequate answer is at the level of deed, in the long journey toward a world in which the innocent no longer suffer. To be sure, there is acceptance in Judaism. We call this tzidduk hadin, coming to terms with suffering and loss, saying that “all that

The more content we are with what we have, obviously, the less likely we are to begrudge others their successes; on the contrary, we are able to delight in other people’s happiness and success. A “good eye,” in other words, yields generosity of spirit.