In G-d I will trust

Hi,

"Behold, the mighty G-d is my salvation; I will trust, and I will not fear, for strength and praise are with G-d, and He has been my salvation, and you will draw water, celebrating joyously, from the springs of salvation."

(Yeshayah 12:2-3)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

The Secrets of Gd

Hi,

"Gd caused King Chizkiyahu to suffer, and told Yeshayah, "Go visit the sick," as it is written, "In those days, Chizkiyahu became deathly ill, and the prophet Yeshayah son of Amotz came to him and said, 'So says Gd: Instruct your household, for you will die and not live.'"

"What did that message mean? You will die in this world, and you will not live in the next world.

"Chizkiyahu asked: Why should all this befall me?

"Yeshayah replied: Because you have not been involved in procreation.

"Chizkiyahu explained: I saw in a Divinely inspired vision that I would have bad children!

"Yeshayah replied: What business do you have in the secrets of the Merciful One? You should do as you are instructed, and Gd will do whatever pleases Gd."

(Talmud, Berachot 10a)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Trusting Gd and reading the horoscope

Hi,

"We are to dedicate our hearts to Gd alone, and trust that Gd alone engineers all and knows the truth of all future events, and from Gd alone we should seek the future, from His prophets or His pious ones, meaning the urim v’tumim [the breastplate of the kohen gadol, which was used for prophecy]."

(Ramban to Devarim 8:13)

Have a great day,
Mordechai

Hillel the Confident

Hi,

"Once Hillel the Elder was travelling home when he heard a cry from the city. He said, 'I am certain that this is not from my house.'

"Regarding this it is written (Psalms 112), 'He will not fear bad news, for his heart is established, confident in Gd.'"

(Talmud, Berachot 60a)

Have a great day,
Mordechai