It is commonly spoken about and there are many discourses in Torah learning about Emuna (faith) in Hashem (G-d) which is the simple expressed belief in His existence and His goodness. What is less spoken about is Bitachon (trust) in Hashem. What does it mean to have bitachon in Hashem?

Firstly, bitachon in Hashem can only materialise by possessing a proper vessel to contain the wisdom that everything He does is for the ultimate good, even in the moment. A proper vessel (a “container”) for bitachon can only be built in the heart through the performance of mitzvot (the commandments of G-d) – whether that be the 613 commands for the Jewish nation or the 7 Noahide commands for the Gentile nations and all they encompass.

A broken container for trusting Hashem, which comes about through sinning, yields mistrust. Not distrust – but mistrust – an inability to trust that all Ha Kodesh Baruch Hu (The Holy One, Blessed is He) does is for the best for a person and for the world, Chas V’Shalom (G-d forbid).

We have thus established that in order to have suitable trust in G-d’s guidance and intervention of our life we need to have at the very least pure intentions and a willingness to keep his mitzvot. But what does trust exactly entail?

When someone trusts another they take their faith (belief) in that person and elevate it to another level. Their faith in another doesn’t simply remain a hope and a wish that all will be fine between each other but instead when someone wholeheartedly trusts, their hope and wishes become a serene confidence in the goodness and protection that the other can offer.

A serene confidence is the outcome of bitachon in Hashem. A tranquil and unruffled state of mind and being; a conviction and assurance that all is well and all will be well even in the most trying of times.

As G-d is good, and all Goodness is within Him, thus it shall be good and it is for the good, both the inevitable good and the good in the moment. Despite the heavenly curtain that currently prevails and shrouds the full Divine Light from being seen in this world, all remains for the good and bitachon is our own individual manifestation of that good in our lives.

Bitachon is a completion of faith, however not so simple to implement, simply because it requires constant reminders that all is good. We can only be reminded if we have a purity of heart in deed because it is Hashem Himself who grants us this trust.

Bitachon in Hashem is the sweetest and most tender awareness in the world and a treasure to be treasured!