We Can Have Bitachon That Hashem Can Do Nissim Even in Ruchaniyus

The passuk says ˂ַלָה רֶשֲׁא 'וגו 'ה אֵרְי םֶכָב יִמ˄אֵבּ ןֵﬠָשִּׁיְו 'ה םֵשְׁבּ חַטְבִי וֹל הַּגֹנ ןיֵאְו םיִכֵשֲׁח ָקיו ישעיה נ י R’ Chatzkel Levenstein explains as follows. Who is the real Baal Bitachon? A person in midst of being tested through a situation of darkness. He is a Nirdaf one who is persecuted; and wherever he turns is bitter. He has no Hatzlacha in Ruchaniyus, not in his learning or davening. There is no light in his life.

Yet, he has Bitachon that everything is in Hashem’s hands, who can change his life suddenly against all odds. He believes that Hashem can do Nissim even in Inyanei Ruchaniyus, and can turn any person into a great Talmid Chacham and Tzaddik. Such a person is called a Y’rei Hashem.