Trusting Hashem with Temimus
A famous American writer and editor wrote about the various Shitos, and he described Novardok as Simcha. In Novardok, they had different: תְּקופוֹת seasons. For example, in the season before Shavuos, they worked on: נַעֲשֶה וְּנִשְּמָע (accepting Hashem’s Torah with Temimus, by trusting before knowing what is involved) like it says: תֻּׁמַת יְּשָרִ ים תַנְּחֵם משלי יא ג A Yid can jump to do the Ratzon Hashem despite his lack of understanding. (Gemara). They would work on being a Tamim, like when they build their Yeshivos without money, and without knowing how things were going to work out.
The Amazing Power of Temimus
I was told a story about my mentor, Rabbi Weiss, who had been collecting in the USA for his Yeshiva. When he returned to Europe, he was accused of evading the draft. He was to go on trial, and was heading for serious trouble (jail sentence, etc.). He came to his Rebbi all concerned. His Rebbi was an unusual Baal Bitachon, and told him the famous Passuk: עַד אָנָה יְנַאֲצֻנִּי הָעָם הַזֶה וְעַד אָנָה לֹא יַאֲמִּינוּ בִּי בְכֹל הָאֹתוֹת אֲשֶר עָשִּיתִּי בְקִּרְ בוֹ שלח יד יא After all I (Hashem) have done for you, how dare you be afraid?! He told me that he put “blinders on his eyes” and became a real Tamim who is sure Hashem will save him (He learns lots of Mussar on Bitachon). Sure enough, at the trial the prosecutor decided to become his defense lawyer, and he was found not guilty!
