''He trusted in Hashem, and He considered this for him as an act of righteousness'' [Lech Lecha 15:6]
Why, asked the Chofetz Chaim, was Avraham's trust in Hashem considered 'righteousness' - as though it was something above and beyond what was demanded of him? After, all, Avraham fulfilled every commandment in the Torah; what was so unique about his trust in Hashem?
We see from here, answered the Chofetz Chaim, that trust in Hashem is more than just another mitzvah, rather it is the foundation of the entire Torah.
To what can this be compared? To a man drowning in the sea who suddenly sees a tree extending from the shore. Which part of the tree will he attempt to grab? Not the branches, for they can easily be broken off; rather, he grabs hold of the roots.
So too, concluded the Chofetz Chaim, is trust in Hashem. Trust in Hashem is comparable to the sturdy roots of a tree, which serve as a foundation and a base for the entire tree.
Source: Rabbi Yisrael Bronstein
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We should give them all their terrorists in exchange for all known hostages, the many still unaccounted for, Hadar Goldin etc, and bomb the place and flood the tunnels, they have whole underground cities. I hope they don't send soldiers in, Brick said it would cost the lives of hundreds of soldiers, and that we should wait. It's not just what has happened, but the entire mess that we find ourselves in. Yesterday, or the day before a plot to carry out a similar attack chalila as on Simchat Torah was thwarted. Arabs are taking photographs of residential buildings. There is a real fear chalila of "Israeli" Arabs attacking en masse, of the same in Yehuda and Shomron, and obviously all the rest. Which is why I don't understand people still predicting and future projecting. We need Moshiach now.
L.L.
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