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Today’s Daily Dose of Emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Moshe ben Shoshana Rochel a beautiful six year old in remission. Please Hashem may he continue to heal and live a long healthy life filled with Torah, mitzvot and Ma’asim Tovim among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering, Amen.
“Ya’ancha Hashem b’yom tzara yesa’gevcha shem Elokei Yaakov (Hashem will answer you in the day of trouble; the Name of the G-d of Yaakov will raise you on high)” (Tehillim 20:2)
“In the day of trouble” – reflects a time of dire need when all the circumstances point to inevitable disaster. Why Yaakov? He was the Patriarch that suffered more than our other Forefathers, according to the Me’am Loez commentary.
Whoever answered him when he was in need, will answer us as well. The recognition, awareness of and trust in Elokei Yaakov will give us the inner strength that we must have to persevere until help will come at last.
Why does the Torah use the name Yaakov as opposed to Yisrael? The Malbim ztk’l teaches that whenever the name Yaakov is mentioned it refers to the common folk. It also applies to the physical aspect of Yaakov’s personality. Yet when the name Yisrael is used it refers to the Torah scholars and righteous among the Jewish people. Essentially Yisrael represents the spiritual aspect; the eternal existence of the Jewish nation.
This fascinating insight into this passuk in Tehillim comes to highlight that Hashem is embracing every Jew at their time of need. He is with each of us, guiding and caring the ‘average’ person, who stumbles and attempts to improve time and time again. Hashem intimately supervises us in this lowly world no matter how low we might have fallen.
