We say: אָ זֵיָשִׁ יר every day, and yet, as soon as we finish davening, we are still dreadfully worried about our pecklach of Parnasa and health and relationship issues. אָ זֵ יָשִׁ יר is extremely powerful. It smashes, destroys, crushes, and sends your issues to the bottom of the sea, never to be seen again. In describing the downfall of the Mitzri'im, we say: תַ הֲ רֹּס,ֵֵתִׁ רְ עַ ץ,ֵֵצָ לֲלוֵּ כַעוֹפֶ רֶ תֵ בְ מַ יִׁםֵ אַ דִׁ ירִׁ ים,ֵֵטֻ בְ עוּ,ֵֵנָמֹּגוּ – all these are various: וֹשלְֵנוֹת (expressions) of destruction, and a Yid should view his serious problems as being destroyed by Hashem, who has all kinds of ways to give you a Yeshua.
But this takes work on Bitachon. זֶהֵ א ֵלִׁ יֵֵ-וְאַ נְ ו הוּ,ֵֵה'ֵ ֵאִׁ ישֵ מִׁ לְ חָ מָ ה,ֵ ֵוַאֲ רֹּמֲ מֶ נְ הוּ etc. are all powerful: וֹשלְֵנוֹת (expressions) of making Hashem great in your eyes. This means working on Bitachon. There are scary doctors, lawyers, personalities, employers, spouses, teenage children, etc. that you feel are hurting you. סוּסֵ ֵוְרֹּכְ בוֹ,ֵ ֵמַ רְ כְ בֹּתֵֵפַ רְ עֹּ ה,ֵֵאַ לוּפ יֵא דוֹם,ֵֵא יל יֵמוֹאָ ב – are all expressions of scary and dangerous powers in your life.
Your bad habits and addictions and sins can also disappear if you make Hashem great in your eyes. They will melt (נָמֹּגוּ) and get crushed (תַ הֲ רֹּס) sink (טֻ בְ עוּ) and be drawn all the way down (צָ לֲלוּ). If you really say: אָ זֵיָשִׁ ירֵ with Kavana, then you won’t be afraid of anyone. א יל יֵמוֹאָ בֵ,אַ לוּפ יֵא דוֹם,ֵֵישְ ב יֵפְ לָ שֶ ת were the toughest Goyim, yet they were all terrified when K’riyas Yam Suf took place.
And you sing all this! This is a daily exercise in every Yid’s life. י ֹּאכְ ל מוֵֹכַקַ ש Your issues can turn into “cheap straw” and disappear! What a pity that it’s so hard to get the message of: אָ זֵיָשִׁ יר and apply it to your own life.
I spoke to an Adam Gadol from Eretz Yisroel, and he agreed that if people would spend some time learning Shaar HaBitachon before Shachris and Maariv, they would have more feeling in their Tefilos, and then their Tefilos would be like learning Mussar, and they would calm down!
Look at: עֶ זְ רַ תֵ אֲ בוֹת ינוֵּ and: א מֶ תֵ וְיַצִּׁ יבֵֵא מֶ תֵוֶא מוּנָה – they are super powerful messages of Emuna and Bitachon. People are busy keeping Hilchos Tefila and davening with Kavana. And despite this, their present fears are still going strong!
Someone suggested, that if in the Siddurim next to the words: א יל יֵמוֹאָ ב it would say: “Your boss who hates you”, and next to: אַ לוּפ יֵא דוֹםֵ it would say: The giant “impossible” situation, etc. then: אָ זֵיָשִׁ יר would hit home, and it would Mamash be a Mussar Seder.
