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Join us as we explore the depth of bitachon, as explained in the timeless sefer Shaar HaBitachon.
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Beis HaLevi #40 - A Baal Gaavah Has No Rest in This World
"In his timeless essay on Anavah (humility), the Beis HaLevi, Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, delves into the essence of this foundational trait and how it enhances our relationship with Hashem, with others and with ourselves. What does true humility look like? And how can we cultivate this vital quality in our own lives?" -ArtScroll Beis HaLevi on Anavah
Okay, everybody, welcome back to the Lech Teich Moshe podcast. We continue to base the lady on a novel. We are nearing the end of the Sefer and we are going to continue with the negativity and the bad associations that come along with the Middah of Gaiva Parak Tazayin, chapter 16. Kol yom of kaas u'mechaivim All his days referring to Ba Gaiva are filled with anger and pain. Gam kol yom of ka'as u'machayivim, moreover, all his days are filled with anger and pain. Ucha Amar B'sedit, ha'amar Belach Sanjri, belach Sanjri says Ko'odim sheish be'gas esruach.
Speaker 1:Anyone who possesses a holy spirit, afil u'ruch kimma ayuchartoi. Even a light wind agitates him, it says in the Paschal Ganesh. For the wicked will be like the driven sea that cannot rest, for every minute act that he sees in his friend will not be favorable in his eyes. This person did not stand up for him as he imagined would do, and this one didn't look at him with the proper reverence he thought was appropriate for himself. And all the more so when he sees that his friend is honored more than he. He will envy him and hate him and reveal his flaws, and this person that possesses the will inevitably end up speaking dispute, anger and baseless hatred, and this is an extremely important concept, which we find many times in the Torah.
Speaker 1:A man is like the tree of a field. What's the quality, the attribute of a tree that we refer to? I believe we spoke about this in the Chavis of Avis in Sha'ar B'Tochen. A tree is tsugibot, it's built, it has shroshim, it has the source in the ground, it has a stem, it has roots, it's shtark, it's chazak, and the bigger and well-built and the bigger and well-built and the more time and perseverance that's put into a tree to slowly build it and make it into a strong, mighty tree. Nothing can blow it down because of its roots, because it's asada, it's the tree of the field, dedication and resolve and everything that a farmer has to put into the tree. That's what it epitomizes, that's what it stands for, and when even a heavy wind comes, the deeper and the stronger the roots are, nothing is going to break it down. Nothing's going to blow it down as opposed to a weak tree. You just go to Home Depot and you stick in a tree. It's likely that even a little wind is going to come and uproot it, overturn it's likely that even a little wind is going to come and uproot it, overturn it, and that's the same thing over here.
Speaker 1:A person who's a Ba'al Ge'vi has haughty spirit. It's a lack of bitachon, he's self-centered, he's egotistic. And the pshad is he has no shrushim. There's nothing beyond what's at face value. He is superficial and therefore such a person can get overturned and that's what's going to lead to chaos, to anger, to not being able to feel good and happy at his friend's successes. He'll always think it should come to me, I should be the one that is reaching and achieving these heights, these milestones. Why is he doing it? So it's going to inevitably end up. It's a vicious cycle.
Speaker 1:As we began the name of the chapter, it's anger and pain.
Speaker 1:So how one has to work on becoming In a good way, as we spoke about over here, you have to become a tree that's built with strong roots, roots of faith and full belief and conviction that the Ebbish is that Hashem allots and gives us whatever we need, however much we need, and whenever we think we're lacking, we're never missing really anything because Hashem has everything predestined, and that's how Baal B'Tochen lives his life and that's certainly how Baal Midas Tovis, how Baal Anovel lives his life.
Speaker 1:With this realization, with this realization, with this Havana, this pure, deep, stark realization that the Evishter is in charge of everything. And, as we spoke before, the Midah of Anovel and the Midah of Babatachin are parallels, they work in tandem, they work in harmony. When you have one, you have the other, but when a person is a Baal Geiva, it's almost virtually impossible to be a Baal Betachem, because they don't jive, they don't coexist, because if you're a Baal Geiva, you're a Hori, then inevitably the Ebish is not part of the picture. Moving on to chapter 17, parikid Zayn, a Geiva meviya, sa'adam l'chol ha'roi, sheba'il, the evil inclination. The Yitzharah doesn't walk at the side of the sheep.