Bitachon: A Practical Guide to Trust in God

Our sages say that a person's livelihood is a greater miracle than the splitting of the Red Sea (Pesachim 118a).

In summary, the son thought that he was working for himself. Therefore, his income was confined to the limitations of nature. The father saw himself as working for Hashem, and since Hashem defies and overrides nature, so did the farmer's field.

Each one of us too can work for Hashem. If our source of income (profession, business, job, farm or whatever) is our own, maybe it will succeed and maybe not, but it's liable to be sorely limited by natural circumstances. But, if we turn our endeavor over to Hashem, it must succeed!

When we turn to Hashem with bitachon, and we show Him that we have no one else to depend on – not the boss, the bank manager, the CPA, the lawyer or the doctor – then Hashem fulfills all our needs as well.

Sometimes Hashem withholds our needs. This could be for one of two reasons: first, either we didn't sufficiently pray for them; or second, we covet something that's not ours.

The Rambam teaches in his laws of nutrition that overeating is the key to many sicknesses. Even if a person eats healthy food, but he consumes more than his body needs, it will be detrimental to his health.

Money: "He who loves money will never be satiated with money" (Ecclesiastes 5:9). In other words, the person who desires money will never have all the money that he or she wants. Rebbe Nachman of Breslev says that such a person will therefore readily violate the Torah – even commit idolatry – in the pursuit of more money.

internalize bitachon on the level of deed, thereby filling the nefesh with bitachon, how does he or she know that they've succeeded. The answer is quite simple: they feel like a servant of the King. They feel like whatever they do is a way to serve the King and sanctify His holy Name. Such an individual is not a mere servant of the King, but an amb

Some of our sages say that the blessing in Malachi 3:10 of "greater than enough" does not refer to quantitative opulence, but means that whatever Hashem gives the faithful trustee will be more than enough for that person. In other words, they will be blessed with satiation. In stark contrast, King Solomon says, "He who loves money wi