Tag: emunah and bitachon
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Avraham Avinu showed us what bitachon really means.Hashem promised him that Yitzchak would be his future — “ki b’Yitzchak yikarei lecha zera,” your offspring will come through Yitzchak.And then Hashem commanded him to bring that very son as a korban. It made no sense.The promise and the command couldn’t coexist — at least not from…
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Growing Up with Hashem on the Shelf Growing up Modern Orthodox, I believed in Hashem, but I also believed that I was in control of my life. Hashem was there, of course—but He was more like a fire extinguisher, placed neatly behind a glass case that read: Break in Case of Emergency. Most of the…
