חובות הלבבות · שער הבטחון, פרק א
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חובות הלבבות
שער הבטחון, פרק א
אַךְ מַהוּת הַבִּטָּחוֹן הִיא מְנוּחַת נֶפֶשׁ הַבּוֹטֵחַ וְשֶׁיִּהְיֶה לִבּוֹ סָמוּךְ עַל מִי שֶׁבָּטַח עָלָיו שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה הַטּוֹב וְהַנָּכוֹן לוֹ בָּעִנְיָן אֲשֶׁר יִבְטַח עָלָיו כְּפִי יְכָלְתּוֹ וְדַעְתּוֹ בְּמָה שֶׁמֵּפִיק טוֹבָתוֹ.
אֲבָל הָעִקָּר אֲשֶׁר בַּעֲבוּרוֹ יִהְיֶה הַבִּטָּחוֹן מִן הַבּוֹטֵחַ וְאִם יִפָּקֵד לֹא יִמָּצֵא הַבִּטָּחוֹן הוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לִבּוֹ בָּטוּחַ בְּמִי שֶׁיִּבְטַח בּוֹ שֶׁיְּקַיֵּם מָה שֶׁאָמַר וְיַעֲשֶׂה מָה שֶׁעָרַב וְיַחְשֹׁב עָלָיו הַטּוֹב בְּמָה שֶׁלֹּא הִתְנָה לוֹ וְלֹא עָרַב עֲשֹׂהוּ שֶׁיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ נְדָבָה וָחֶסֶד.
Chovos HaLevavos · Shaar HaBitachon, ch. 1
Rishonim · Rabbeinu Bachya ibn Pakuda
Chovos HaLevavos
Shaar HaBitachon, ch. 1
What bitachon is: tranquility of the soul, and a heart that relies on the One it trusts
The essence of bitachon is the tranquility of the soul of the one who trusts, and that his heart relies on the one he trusts in, that he will do what is good and right for him in the matter in which he trusts him, according to his ability and his understanding of what will bring about his good.
But the main thing, through which bitachon comes about in the one who trusts, and without which bitachon is not found, is that his heart be confident in the one he trusts, that he will keep what he said and do what he undertook; and that he will intend good for him even in what he did not promise him and did not undertake to do, doing it as a free gift and a kindness.