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Today’s daily dose is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Yosef ben Esther. May he merit a complete healing amongst all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov b’rachamim, Amen.
Correction: on Monday the daily dose was dedicated to the refuah of Bracha Miram Tova bat Rochel. I accidently wrote that she is battling breast cancer when in fact it is cancer in another part of her body. I apologize. Please continue to daven for her complete healing and ease of struggle. Tizku’ l’mitzvot.
Sefer Chovot Halevavot writes in the gate of bitachon that when falls ill he must seek to be healed as is dictated by the way of the world. Yet at the same time he must realize that refuah is brought to a person solely from Hashem. There is not a single human being on the face of this earth who can bring about a yeshua on his own without Hashem’s intervention.
A person can achieve a very high level of d’veikut (bonding) with Hashem by the act of trusting in Him. The ideal level of trust that we should strive to reach is one where we barely need to make any effort in life still we will receive everything that we need. Certainly this is ideal but we must know where we wish to be in order to travel on the right path to get there.
Tehillim (32:10) states this in the most clearest of terms, “…haboteach b’Hashem chesed yesoveveno (…but as for him who trusts in Hashem, kindness will encompass him). Trust in Hashem is so potent that it practically guarantees results.
This doesn’t mean to simply hope that Hashem will help and maybe mix that hope with a bit of doubt as to whether it will in fact come to fruition. It implies a trust that does not bring to mind any questions but is the unwavering knowledge that Hashem will send the yeshua.
Once again, this is a difficult notion to intellectually grasp let alone implement in our daily lives. Nevertheless, we should not lose emuna in ourselves that we can attain this lofty level since if it is commanded of us, we can reach the highest heights.
