R’ Aaron Rakeffet quoted R’ Yisrael Salanter as saying that one needs Bitachon as if there is no Hishtadlus, and at the same time needs to do Hishtadlut as if there is no Bitachon.
Thank you Yoni for providing this amazing quote.
R’ Aaron Rakeffet quoted R’ Yisrael Salanter as saying that one needs Bitachon as if there is no Hishtadlus, and at the same time needs to do Hishtadlut as if there is no Bitachon.
Thank you Yoni for providing this amazing quote.
Thanks for the shout out.
Any thoughts on how to practically apply this?
I don’t think i am suggesting anything you don’t already know, but what i get out of it is as follows: We need to strive to have complete emuna that no matter what, Hashem will take care of us. But at the same time, we cannot just sit around being lazy and wait. For instance, no matter how bad things might be with one’s income, one should have emuna that Hashem will not let him starve and everything will be fine. However, that person must still work and do everything he can to make a living as if Hashem is not helping him, even though He is.