The Pasuk (verse) says, “Barechu Hashem kol malachav”—bless all the angels, right? “Giborei koach,” the strong ones, “osei devaro.” Now, what is going on here? Listen, it’s going on in Bnei Yisrael, but it says Malachim (angels). How is it going on in Bnei Yisrael with Malachim? It says, yes, there was a point in history when we were much like angels. At which point? When we were getting the Torah, we said, “That is a madregah (level) of an angel.” Why? What’s an angel? What does that mean? You do God’s will. That’s an angel. Do you think an angel has a choice? Imagine Hashem says, “Oh, by the way, I want you to go and do this, A, B, and C.” Do you think the angel has a choice? “Oh, wait, okay, I’m not in the mood. I’m tired. Can I do it tomorrow?” No. You don’t know. An angel does it in one second. It’s a split second. If you look at what the Rabbis teach us about angels, it’s in a second. The angel could fly from one end of the world to the other. He has wings. It speaks about the angels a little bit over there. But they do it in a second. There’s no such thing as, “I’m not in the mood today. I’m not in the mood.” “Oh, we’re in the mood. I’m not in the mood.” An angel doesn’t have moods. I don’t have moods. He’s in, you know. Ladies and gentlemen, I should have been with you today. It’s too hot outside. There’s no such thing. There’s no such thing. There’s no Cheshbon (calculation), maybe not. An angel does it, finished. There’s no “maybe,” “if,” “later,” “tomorrow,” “I’m hot,” “I’m tired,” or “I’m not in the mood.” Nothing. That’s an angel.
And we said, “Wow, we’re doing this, that, that, that, that, that, that.” Hashem, right away—Hashem, right away—says, “This is, this is angels.” “Barechu Hashem kol malachav,” all the angels, bless God. “Giborei koach”—who’s the giborei koach, who’s the strong one? “Osei devaro,” you do God’s will. “Osei devaro,” you do His will. And it says, one more time, we’re considered like angels. And you know which ones? When we keep Shemitah. What? This week’s parasha speaks about Shemitah. When we speak about Shemitah, it’s like, what? What just happened right there? I’ll tell you. To have Bitachon in Hashem is like—I’m talking about complete Bitachon in Hashem—is like being an angel. Think about it: six years. Imagine this was the parasha. Imagine I tell you right now, “Close your eyes. Imagine you’re getting one year of work off every seven years, a whole year.” Think about it. You might think, “I did.” But people are starting their businesses. Six years in the business, first year, you know, they have a projection, a gold shot, you know what I’m talking about? They put it in their offices, you know what I’m talking about? They have an office: Goal one this year, where we’re selling this. Goal five: all right, the company is going to be worth 10 million. Goal six, six year, got to triple that: 30 million. 78: oh, by the way, no business. Then you’ve got to go again next year, start again. Meanwhile, I have all the workers, all the employees. They’re psyched, they’re pumped. Guys, everybody’s off; business is shut. For a year, the guy has to start his own business again. How would you feel? How would you feel, Mikey? How would you feel?
Imagine, but you have to understand the Parnassah: what was it? What do you plant? You plant tomatoes, he plants cucumbers, he plants this; everybody plants something else. You know what I’m saying? That’s the way it was. He plants the wheat kernels, he plants the barley. That’s what it was. Now, in order to keep the Shemitah, you have to have full trust in Hashem, and you’re like an angel. Why? Why is it that when a person has Bitachon, he’s like an angel? Because real Bitachon means that you don’t see. I’ll give you an example. I’ll give you an example. You don’t see any light. You don’t know how this can turn around. You don’t know. You’re in a situation in your life where you say to yourself, “This is impossible. I can’t get out of it. No way. No way. I don’t know what’s going to be. No way.” And then you say, “Even though I can’t see any light, I know 100% Hashem is going to take care of it.” But inside, Hashem knows if you really have 100% or not. You understand what I’m saying? You understand what I’m saying? You hear what I’m saying?
I know a person. I know this person. You don’t understand. This person had 10 kids living in a small two-bedroom, three-bedroom apartment. He couldn’t. He would call me, “I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to do.” And he would tell me, “I have Bitachon in Hashem.” He told me, “I have Bitachon in Hashem. I have Bitachon in Hashem.” I know this person. I know the story firsthand. I was involved. Listen, you have to understand, you know what that is? In a two-bedroom, three-bedroom apartment, you know what it is? Not, not, not, 10 kids. Anyway, one day, I found out that he had a job, whatever it was. He had to shift jobs, whatever it was. He shifted to jobs somewhere else. And there was a person in our community who said, “Okay, let me see, let me—” He was going for a job interview. So he tells him this and that: “I have this, I do this and that.” The guy says, “One second.” He calls up. One of his cousins, like his second cousin, says, “By the way, we’re getting your cousin a house.” He ended up getting him a house, a house, a full house. He was renting an apartment. Six months went by. He moved into a house. Now, I’m not telling you—I saw the house, and it’s not an imaginary house, but it’s a three-bedroom with a basement where you can put two other bedrooms in the basement. And it’s a nice, decent house. It wasn’t so expensive, but it was decent. He told me, “In my mind, I didn’t know where the salvation was going to come from. I didn’t know where anything’s happening.” And then, in one second, boom, you’re like an angel. Why? You don’t know how things are going to turn around, but you hold on tight. You put your seat belt on and you say, “Hashem, I’m going to be like an angel. An angel that has no questions. An angel just does. I’m going to just keep on doing, and you’re going to take me for the ride.” And even though I don’t see it, I don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel. I don’t see what’s going to be. I know one thing: I’m in your hands. Like David says, you know what real is? You know what the highest level is? You know what that means? Like a child in the hands of his mother. You ever see a child worry, “Oh, this, that, that”? No, he just cries, this, that; he gets fed. He cries, he gets changed. He cries, everything. Hashem—but you have to really cry to Hashem. You really want something, you’ve got to cry with all your heart. Because in the back of his mind, he’s thinking, “Oh, I can rely on this, rely on that.” You can’t rely on nobody, zero. “No, but Rabbi, you understand, my father’s a multi-billionaire. You don’t understand my laws, my this, my that. My brother, I have my cousin. I could get into this school. God tells me, oh, I get into this school, I have a connection. My brother’s on the board. My brother’s in the thing.” You have to trust only in Hashem completely. And God knows that only Hashem knows. Only Hashem knows what’s in your heart. You want to be like a malach (angel)? Have that Bitachon. Like a malach. When a malach says, “Hashem, you want me to do, I’ll do.” You want to be a malach? “Yes, Hashem, I don’t know. I don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel. This is the situation. I don’t know, but one thing is for sure: You’re my father, take care of me.” Shabbat Shalom.