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Gd of the Hosts

Gd of the Hosts

FromDaily Bitachon


Gd of the Hosts

FromDaily Bitachon

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20 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2024
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The list of Pesukei Bitachon attributed to the Maharal is arranged in alphabetical order, and the first pasuk on that list is a pasuk in Tehilim , 84,13 יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֑וֹת אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י אָ֝דָ֗ם בֹּטֵ֥חַ בָּֽךְ Hashem’s is God of the Hosts, the God of celestial beings. Fortunate is the one who relies on Him. The Maharal says that he put this pasuk first because how could we list Pesukei Bitachon without mentioning Hashem's name first? The Yerushalmi in Berachot says there are two pesukim that should never your mouth. Ours is one and the other is Tehilim 46,8: יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֣וֹת עִמָּ֑נוּ מִשְׂגָּֽב־לָ֨נוּ אֱלֹהֵ֖י יַֽעֲקֹ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃ Hashem is the God of the Hosts. He is a fortress for us. The God of Yaakov is forever. There's obviously something special about these pesukim that refer to God as the God of the Hosts. יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֣וֹת God is the God of the hosts means God has countless galaxies and is in charge of billions and trillions of stars. But even with all of that, as it says in Tehilim 46,8 He is Misgav Lanu/ He is a fortress for us . He's down here taking care of us forever and that's an important lesson. Furthermore, as it says in Tehilim 48,13 יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֑וֹת אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י אָ֝דָ֗ם בֹּטֵ֥חַ בָּֽך God of the Hosts- There are so many celestial beings, and even with all that says the Alshech, אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י אָ֝דָ֗ם בֹּטֵ֥חַ בָּֽך / Fortunate is the one that relies on Him- even though God is a King with millions and billions of subjects, every individual counts. With all that God has under His control, every individual that relies on Him will be Me’Ushar/he will be fortunate. The Radak adds, that fortunate means you should not despair or give up hope from the challenges that you're in, whether global or individual. God is the God of the Hosts also means that there's a concept of mazalot ;there are celestial forces that cause things to happen, but we say En Mazal L’Yisrael, we're above the mazal. God controls everything; we rely on Him. Therefore, we don't care about what nature seems to indicate will happen. We don't care about statistics. We know that above all of those celestial beings and all of those horoscopes and modern-day scientific predictions, there is Hashem, above them all, and that's Who we rely on. He deals directly with every single individual. As we said, these pesukim are from the earliest list of Pesukei Bitachon , because it goes back to a Yerushalmi that says these are pesukim that should be quoted. In our prayers we add a third pasuk ( Tehilim 20,10) יְהֹוָ֥ה הוֹשִׁ֑יעָה הַ֝מֶּ֗לֶךְ יַעֲנֵ֥נוּ בְיוֹם־קׇרְאֵֽנוּ God will help us, the God that we cry out to on the day of our need . The sefer Yosef Tehilot quotes, in the name of the Ramak, Rav Moshe Cordevero, that these three pesukim were said by Avraham, Yitzhak and Yaakov. Abraham said יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֣וֹת עִמָּ֑נוּ מִשְׂגָּֽב־לָ֨נוּ אֱלֹהֵ֖י יַֽעֲקֹ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃ Hashem is the God of the Hosts. He is a fortress for us. The God of Yaakov is forever. Yitzhak Avinu said יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֑וֹת אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י אָ֝דָ֗ם בֹּטֵ֥חַ בךֽ And Yaakov Avinu said יְהֹוָ֥ה הוֹשִׁ֑יעָה הַ֝מֶּ֗לֶךְ יַעֲנֵ֥נוּ בְיוֹם־קׇרְאֵֽנוּ God will help us, the God that we cry out to on the day of our need . Avraham is Hessed/kindness, Yitzhak is Middat HaDin/justice and Yaakov Avinu symbolizes Torah. The pasuk of Yitzhak Avinu is the pasuk that we're dealing with today. יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֑וֹת אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י אָ֝דָ֗ם בֹּטֵ֥חַ בךֽ God of the Hosts, fortunate is one that relies on You Even though it's a time of Middat Hadin , a time of justice, if a person has Bitachon, he is above that justice challenge and gets a salvation. Many communities, primarily in the Sephardic world, say a mizmor , a prayer from Tehilim at the beginning of Mincha, which is chapter 84, which ends with יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֑וֹת אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י אָ֝דָ֗ם בֹּטֵ֥חַ בךֽ God of the Hosts, fortunate is the one that relies on You The sefer Yosef Tehilot says we chose this Mizmor because it ends with that pasuk, which is the pasuk of Yitzhak Avinu. As we know, t
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