The Torah Has Sensitivity to The Underdog and The One Who Has Pain
Bitachon Weekly | January 22, 2025
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The Torah Has Sensitivity to The Underdog and The One Who Has Pain

Bitachon Weekly | June 27, 2025

Only the first three Shevotim were mentioned. Some say it’s because they didn’t say anything when Yaakov said: אָּרוּר אַפָּם ויחי מט ז their wrath shall be cursed. Those who were once cursed, unlike the other 9 Shevotim who were blessed, must have felt terrible. So the Torah only mentions them and not any other Shevet, as if they are the only important Shevotim.

We see the Torah’s sensitivity to the underdog and to the one who has pain. Similarly, Shaul lost his Malchus to: לְרֵעֲךָ הַטוֹב מִּמֶךָּ ש"א טו כח “someone better than you”, which was Dovid. Chazal say that because of this, in the time of Achashveirosh it says: וּמַלְכוּתָּהּ יִּתֵן הַמֶלֶךְ לִּרְ עוּתָּהּ הַטוֹבָּה מִּמֶנָּה אסתר א יט Vashti lost her Malchus to “someone better than her”, i.e., to Esther, who was an Einikel of Shaul.

If you have pain in any area, and you feel left out, or you failed and you are a loser, take heart. Hashem sees your pain, and someday you’ll be on top. Like Ahron who had: חַלִּישוּת הַדַעַת distress since the Nesi'im...

Only the first three Shevotim were mentioned. Some say it’s because they didn’t say anything when Yaakov said: אָּרוּר אַפָּם ויחי מט ז their wrath shall be cursed. Those who were once cursed, unlike the other 9 Shevotim who were blessed, must have felt terrible. So the Torah only mentions them and not any other Shevet, as if they are the only important Shevotim.

We see the Torah’s sensitivity to the underdog and to the one who has pain. Similarly, Shaul lost his Malchus to: לְרֵעֲךָ הַטוֹב מִּמֶךָּ ש"א טו כח “someone better than you”, which was Dovid. Chazal say that because of this, in the time of Achashveirosh it says: וּמַלְכוּתָּהּ יִּתֵן הַמֶלֶךְ לִּרְ עוּתָּהּ הַטוֹבָּה מִּמֶנָּה אסתר א יט Vashti lost her Malchus to “someone better than her”, i.e., to Esther, who was an Einikel of Shaul.

If you have pain in any area, and you feel left out, or you failed and you are a loser, take heart. Hashem sees your pain, and someday you’ll be on top. Like Ahron who had: חַלִּישוּת הַדַעַת distress since the Nesi'im...

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