We continue with another quote from the Pele Yoetz’s sefer Orot Elim, where he quotes from the Midrash Raba in Beresheet , “ Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai saw a hunter hunting birds, when he heard, from the heavens, an echo come out and say it should be captured, and it was captured. And if it was said that he should be saved, then he was saved.“ Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was able to hear the heavenly echoes, and he noticed that it was no coincidence that sometimes the hunter caught his prey and sometimes his prey escaped , and it was due to the echo that said , this one should be caught and that one should not be caught. He said, “ A b ird cannot be c aptu red without God deciding. Surely, the soul of a human person won’t be caught without it being decided.” We learn two lessons from this. One is Hashem ’s hashgacha on every individual . No one can do anything to any body without God decreeing it. But even more so, it shows us that even when it comes to animals, God is making the decisions. Some people think there is a question of whether animals have Hashem’s hashgacha, but of course , God is Mashgiach on everything- Nothing can happen without God willing it to be. The Pele Yoetz continues and says , “ How many great levels does a man reach, that this Emunah is steadfast in his heart ? If you have th is Emunah steadfast in your heart, that everything is happening because it was decreed from above, you will reach great levels. We mentioned not long ago , from Rabbi Ades, that every time something goes wrong , you should imagine that there was a heavenly echo directing the action. And when something happened to me, Rabbi Ades used this concept. I was in a hotel in Israel . We were leaving to the airport , and the taxi was coming, so I made sure to check out and pay all the incidental charges. But it turn ed out that without my knowledge, somebody charge d something to my room. I was getting into a discussion with the lady behind the desk, and it took me 15 minutes to clarify the situation . I was getting frustrated , so I use d this mashal to share with Rabbi Ades. He said, “ Imagine if an angel had c ome and whispered into the lad y’s ear, “ Cause this man a hassle ,” would i t still bother you ? Of course not. It was decreed from heaven. If we could live our lives like that , we would reach tremendous levels of Emunah, and many good qualities would come out of it. The Orot Elim continues, “ But people that believe have been cut off.” Meaning that we don’t have people like that anymore . God , in His mercy , should plant, in our hearts, this Emunah. So even two hundred years ago, the Pele Yoetz was complaining that this level of Emunah is no longer there. In his Sefer Pele Yoetz, on the topic of Emunah, he writes a similar concept. He says that there is an Emunah from which many great levels come out. That is to believe in God’s hashgacha on every single little detail. You don’t bang your finger unless it was decr eed from above . Whether it comes from God or people - p eople are only messengers from God, and God is the one that makes things happen. He says, If this is your attitude, you will not get upset, you’ll be calm, you will not hate people, you will not flatter people, you won’t have vengeance, you won’t bear a grudge you won’t ove r- tax yourself when it comes to getting things that you want, because you believe that everything is coming from Hashem. God is righteous and just. T here are no inequities. Everything He does is for our own good. When you ac cept everything that God does with happiness , you won’t get upset about the way He brings us things.. A nd all of these wonderful qualities come out of this Emuna. He says belie f in God‘s hashgacha is from the 613 Mitzvah and it’s one of the constant Mitzv ot that we fulfill every single second of the day - just by thinking , but even more so , you should say it with your mouth , “ I believe that every detail of my life is being controlled by God, and nothing happens on its own. Everything is happening from Hashem. ” One of these things that happen from Hashem in my life happened recently . I was zoche to be involved in a book called Daily Dose of Bitachon . It is based on the classes that were given on this very platform. We started a few years ago with Hovot Halevavot’s Shaar Bitachon, someone transcribed them, they were further worked on by Artscroll, edited by the esteemed editor and my father in law Rabbi Nosson Scherman. Out came this wonderful book, sponsored by dear friends of mine, the Azrak family, in memory of their mother Diane a’h, and in honor of their father Marvin y’lt. And the book just came out! I didn’t do anything! Somehow Hashem made it all happen. We really have to believe that. We don’t do anything. Hashem does everything. As Rav Wolbe writes in the beginning of his Sefer, “ This was done with God’s help, in the merit of the masses.“ He used to say his words only came out because people were listening, And their merit, Has hem sent it to him. So all the people receiving this lesson have a portion in this book , and you have the opportunity to buy it at a special discount. Click on th is link, https://www.artscroll.com/Books/9781422632154.html or go to artscroll.com and type in the words SIMHA to get a 15% discount. (The new book Living Shabbat for Children, volume 2 , written by the great author Mrs Goldie Golding, is also available using the same discount code.) Enjoy! And Have a wonderful day.