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The Yanuka’s own words in this shiur, translated into English by Lehallel · 649 words · 2:44. Press a time to hear it said.
0:00 That one is going into Lebanon, give him a blessing. - Hashem will fight for you, and you shall be silent. One must cleave to the Holy One, blessed be He, and know that the Holy One, blessed be He, is the One who wages the war. The Holy One, blessed be He - there is a thing He does not love: that a person attributes the strength and the wisdom to himself. 'For in this let him who glories glory, understanding and knowing Me.' One must always know to attribute to the Holy One, blessed be He, every strength, every might, everything, everything, everything - it is the Creator. This is how one goes out to war, and this is how one wins.
0:25 The moment that, G-d forbid, 'my strength and the might of my hand' gets mixed in - who was like this? Bar Koziba. 'Have You not, G-d, abandoned us, and You do not go out with our armies?' Every time Bar Koziba went out. He was so strong - whoever wanted to be accepted into his army had to gallop and uproot a cedar tree while galloping. They would cut off their fingers, out of so much strength and power. He is speaking about earlier generations - it is not... strength... But the strength and the might is that a person knows that Hashem stands before him, and He wages all the wars.
0:53 You must always know, engrave in yourself the power of Hashem, blessed be He, that He is all-powerful. 'You can do everything, and no purpose is withheld from You.' Not to attribute, G-d forbid, anything to 'my strength and the might of my hand'. Say this to everyone, and say this to yourself too. If we would also see what the story was with King Chizkiyahu - Chizkiyahu, king of Yehudah - they surround Jerusalem, legions - one hundred and eighty million. There are several versions there of how many there really were. All these legions surrounded them. Sancheirev took warriors - he did not take, now, a few soldiers from battalions. He took all the warriors of the kings in the whole world, and told them: come, let us make war with Jerusalem.
1:29 Whoever heard about Sancheirev's army would flee several kilometers. They would catch a person, they cut him up. They cut him up - that is simply their way, only to torment. Sancheirev's army surrounds Jerusalem. How does one defeat Sancheirev's army? What does he do, you know? He goes to sleep. He goes to sleep. There is no need to fight - the Holy One, blessed be He, fights. This is 'Hashem will fight for you, and you shall be silent' - 'tacharishun', from the word 'tacharish': sleep. You will be quiet. If we truly merited, we would see these miracles.
2:04 And even if we are still not on this level, but at least one must know, when going out to war, one must know that the Holy One, blessed be He, makes the wars - to believe in the Holy One, blessed be He, to trust in Hashem, blessed be He - 'Commit your way to Hashem, trust in Him and He will act' - and to believe that only Hashem, blessed be He, wages all the wars. 'And you shall remember Hashem your G-d, for it is He who gives you strength to gain might.' To beware of 'my strength and the might of my hand' - it is the most dangerous thing there is. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all who hope in Hashem.
2:31 Take a candy for yourself, so that you have sweetness, guarding and protection. And also take my aravah, my willow branch, for salvations and good tidings. Bring him the Sefer HaMiddos too. Guarding and protection and good tidings... Be strong, be strong. Good tidings, salvations, miracles and wonders.
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