Learning to Trust, Lesson 21: The Sheltering Desert
Our mandate to strive towards greater trust in Hashem was taught to us in the infancy of our nationhood with the decades-long manna miracle. To highlight the incredibly good fortune of achieving absolute Bitachon, we move forward into the life and times of the prophets Elijah and Obadiah. By directing our attention to a selection of dramatic - yet not entirely miraculous - Biblical narratives that are rooted in the rock-solid Bitachon of the central actors, Rabbeinu Bachaya continues to make the case for total trust in Hashem today!
Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org. He and his wife, Faygie, are blessed with eight children. Artistically endowed, the rabbi enjoys drawing, sketching and creating charcoal portraits.
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