The Incredible Story How Rubashkin Survived 8 Years in Prison

0:00This Torah class is brought to you by Torahanytime.com Pesach as we know is the Yant of Avamuna. Sakhartilachhe said the Eryach. Hashem said, I will always remember when you followed me into a barren desert. With no food, with no water, with no plan. You simply trusted that Hashem would provide. People often ask, what is the difference between Amuna and Batach? So the simplest way to understand it is, Amuna is what you believe. Batachin is living your life with that belief. Amuna means knowing intellectually that Hashem runs the world. Nothing happens by chance. Everything that occurs, the good, the bad. Everything is orchestrated by Hashem. That is Amuna. Batachin is taking that Amuna and putting it into practice. If you receive a difficult diagnosis, or your biggest client leaves you, or you get hit with a massive lawsuit, you don't fall apart. Instead you say, Hashem knows best. I trust that this is the best thing for me,

1:00even if I don't understand it. That is Batachin. Sometimes people learn about Amuna. They reach pharum, they tend shiurum, and understand on an intellectual level that everything that Hashem does is for the best. But then one day, the cleaning lady doesn't show up. Or the Amazon package doesn't arrive on time. And suddenly they lose it. I can't believe this is happening to me. Hashem hates me. So what happened to all those shiurum about Amuna? Yesterday you said, Hashem loves me. It means, your Amuna hasn't yet developed into Batachin. When Amuna remains theoretical, something you understand but haven't internalized, you don't truly live it. So when something actually happens, when it comes to lameise, you panic. But when you have true Batachin, you live your life with calm instead of chaos. So Amuna is belief. Batachin is applied belief. Now, I'd like to share with you a revolutionary way to understand Amuna Batachin

2:01as explained by Rabsham Rabashkan. As we know, during the years that it was unjustly incarcerated, he became a model for Clio's role. And what it means to actually live with Amuna Batachin. For eight years, every single day, he demonstrated what real Batachin truly looks like. So explain it like this. Amuna is about the past. Batachin is about the future. What does that mean? Amuna means believing that whatever already happened was the best thing Hashem couldn't have done for me. What happened yesterday was the most beneficial thing for me, even if I don't understand it. Even if it looks like a tragedy to me. That is Amuna. Batachin is about tomorrow. Batachin means trusting Hashem regarding what has not yet happened. Not only that he will do what is objectively best, but he wants us to hope for our Yeshua as we perceive it now. That the business deals should go through. That my daughter will get engaged to the boy that she hopes for.

3:02That my child should return back to the right path. That my child should get into the school we're dawning for. That the test results come back good. Batachin is not to say that one day in the future, I'll understand that this was the best for me. But rather you say, Hashem, I want you to send me my Yeshua now in a way I can understand the terrain. That is Batachin. Abshan said that during his years in prison, he lived with his mind set every single day. Every morning he would tell himself, yesterday being in jail was the best thing that ever happened to me, because Hashem chose it. So it must be for the ultimate God. That was Amuna. Yesterday was Amuna. But then he would say, I have Batachin that I'm getting out of jail today, because in my understanding that is the best thing for me. When he didn't get out that day, he didn't collapse. He didn't fall apart. He switched back to Amuna. He would say, Hashem knows best. If I'm still here today, then staying in prison today was the best thing in the world for me.

4:06And then he would say, tomorrow I'm getting out of here. That is Batachin again. This is how he lived every day for eight years. Yesterday, total acceptance. That's Amuna. Tomorrow, bold hope. That's Batachin. Hashem does not want to study with the passive attitude of whatever you do, Hashem. You know better. That is Amuna. And we absolutely believe it. But that is for the past. But going forward, Hashem wants us to hope and to yearn and to anticipate goodness that we can understand on our level. Amuna and Batachin are like two different muscles. If you walk out of your house one day and see you have a flat tire, don't say, Hashem, please don't let this happen. You're using the wrong muscle. It already happened. Now is the time for Amuna. Hashem, you did the best thing possible for me. This flat tire had to happen. Likewise, if something has not yet happened and you say, whatever Hashem does is fine, you're also using the wrong muscle. Now is the time for Batachin.

5:06You have to say, Hashem, I trust that you will not let this happen to me. What a beautiful and revolutionary way to understand Amuna and Batachin. We all face moments that already happened. Disappointments, losses, closed doors. There we need Amuna. I believe this was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. And we all face uncertain tomorrows. Health issues, Parnausa, Shadokham, children. There we need Batachin. I trust that Hashem will bring me issues in the way I understand them. Amuna is peace with yesterday. Batachin is hope for tomorrow. And together they teach us how to live a life of true inner peace and tranquility. And now we know. Have a wonderful day.