The Zechut of Bitachon

The Zechut of Bitachon

From Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear by Rabbi David Ashear

April 15, 2026

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of bitachon in Hashem and how it leads to extraordinary heavenly help and blessings.

A person who lives his life with bitachon in Hashem merits to receive extraordinary heavenly help. The more we believe and trust in Hashem, the more He shows us that He is taking care of us. Having bitachon—recognizing that Hashem is the only One in control, and feeling that He is our loving Father Who is waiting to help us—is an enormous zechut. It brings down abundant blessing from Shamayim. Rabbi Yisrael Brog told an amazing story that took place recently. The rabbi, with Hashem's help, opened many kolelim in Eretz Yisrael this past year. The way he did it was by approaching individuals and asking them if they would be interested in opening a kollel for very chashuv learners. People would often respond that they had never heard of sponsoring an entire kollel on their own. The rabbi would then gently explain: if a person can own multiple homes by himself, he can certainly consider owning a kollel by himself as well. He would describe the tremendous zechut of supporting twenty to thirty scholars who are learning Torah full-time. Baruch Hashem, to date, he successfully established ten different kolelim. For the eighth kollel, the man he approached was convinced and agreed to take…

Topics covered

  • bitachon
  • Hashem
  • Torah
  • zechut
  • kolelim

Keywords

  • faith
  • trust
  • spirituality
  • blessing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Torah

Places: Eretz Yisrael, Cleveland, New York

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