For the past three days we’ve discussed why bitachon is a prerequisite for accepting the Torah. Today we'll talk about the Torah brings to bitachon, how the goal of Torah is to bring to bitachon The Gaon of Vilna, in his commentary on Mishleh 22,19 quotes from tehilim 78: וַיָּקֶם עֵדוּת בְּיַעֲקֹב וְתוֹרָה שָׂם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ לְהוֹדִיעָם לִבְנֵיהֶם:(ו) לְמַעַן יֵדְעוּ דּוֹר אַחֲרוֹן בָּנִים יִוָּלֵדוּ יָקֻמוּ וִיסַפְּרוּ לִבְנֵיהֶם:(ז ) וְיָשִׂימוּ בֵאלֹהִים כִּסְלָם וְלֹא יִשְׁכְּחוּ מַעַלְלֵי אֵל וּמִצְוֹתָיו יִנְצֹרוּ: God gave us the Torah, and commanded our forefathers to teach the final generation- the children that are born, and they'll get up and tell their children, and they'll place their reliance on God, Etc. This, says the Gaon of Vilna, is the main purpose of giving the Torah to the Jewish people- so that they place their reliance on Hashem. And when it says, ‘ Tell your children …’ it means ‘ Tell your children that the main foundation is complete bitachon. This is the general rule for all the Mitzvot.’ It’s why we received the Torah, and we have to tell that to our children. In a another place, the Gaon of Vilna, says something very heavy- “The main thing is bitachon, and if a person has bitachon, he might have sinned severe sins, but he is better off than the one that doesn't have bitachon because bitachon is the ikar / main thing .” How are we to understand this? Bitachon means I'm connected to God . Bitachon means I realize He’s in charge. Bitachon means Anochi Hashem Elokecha. That's the most important thing. Of course, a person has a Yetzer Hara and he can fall, but that's the most important fundamental. And Torah brings us to that. There's something magical about Torah learning that brings a person to Bitachon. He explains as follows: Every day, we say in our prayers, “ Hashivenu Avinu LToratecha/ bring us close our Father, to Your Torah V’Karbenu Malkenu L’Avodatecha/ and our King, bring us to Your service.” God is Avinu . He's our Father . Malkenu/He's our King. When we serve Him, that's an expression of Him being our King. We serve a king. But when we learn Torah, that's an expression of Him being our Father . It says that a father teaches his son Torah. And we say about God, “ Hamelamed Torah Amo Yisrael” - He teaches us Torah.. So when you sit down and learn, God is teaching you. He's your Father teaching you Torah. It’s a father's responsibility to teach his son Torah. God fulfills that responsibility. So when we're learning Torah, we feel that father son relationship. There’s an interesting (supposedly true) story that the rabbis use to differentiate between Emunah , which we call faith or belief , and Bitachon/reliance: There was a tightrope walker who’d walk back and forth over a deep, deep valley without a net. He’d ask the people watching, “ Do you believe that I can attach a wheelbarrow to myself and go back and forth?” They’d all roar and say Yes . So he did that, going back and forth. Then he said, “ Is anybody willing to get into the wheelbarrow as I go back and forth? ” There was no answer from the crowd, except for one little boy who said he would. The man took the boy back and forth in the wheelbarrow, to the cheers of the crowd. When little boy got out, they asked him how he’d had the courage to do that… He said, “ He’s my father. The tightrope master is my father.” The rabbis use that mashal to show the difference between Emunah and Bitachon. Emunah is, “I believe that the tight rope walker can go back and forth. Bitachon is, “I rely on Him and actually sit in the wheelbarrow.” That's something a child does. A child relies on his father. So, the more we connect ourselves to learning Torah, the more we feel that we are the children and God is our Father. The more we rely on Him, the less that we worry. The pasuk says Lo Alenu, when someone passes away, we tear our clothing, but we’re not allowed to tear our skin. The pasuk says, “ Don't pull out hair and don't cut yourselves.” Why? The pasuk says, “ You are children of God. Whatever happens, you can't mourn so much because you know that whatever's going on is coming from a loving Father.” And that specifically comes with learning Torah. This is our final Bitachon /Torah connection. The more we learn, whether we learn Torah or even learn about Bitachon, the more connected we will feel. The more rely on God, the calmer we will be, the more peace of mind we'll have. It's a cyclical, snowball effect. When you have bitachon, you learn. When you learn, you get more bitachon. And it gets stronger and stronger B’Ezrat Hashem. Have a wonderful day and a Hag Sameach.