Welcome to our daily Bitachon series. We're winding down Sha'ar HaBechina [The Gate of Reflection]. And the author tells us a very important thing that we have to know. He says that when you read this sefer and you get inspired or aroused by anything you read, you must realize that what you're reading is only a drop in the bucket of what is really going on. Even if you take that drop in the bucket from the sefer , and you work and work and work until you reach the absolute maximum of your ability to understand—even if you become a Rabbi Avigdor Miller—all of that is still only a minute example of God's abilities and His knowledge. The only things we see in this world are what is necessary for man to use in his service to Hashem. But what God truly has and knows, we have no idea. God just showed a little bit to us—exactly what we need. It's like a mashal [parable]: Imagine you have a Gadol HaDor [great Torah leader], okay? Let's say Rav Chaim Kanievsky, who knows Kol HaTorah Kula —he knows the entire Torah inside and out. He happens to walk into a second-grade classroom to give a shiur [lecture] because the regular rebbe was out, and Rav Chaim felt bad seeing the kids sitting there alone. He walks in and says, "Let me tell you about Parashat Lech Lecha ." He talks about Abraham and Sarah, and he adds a few extra insights that the kids have never heard before. The kids say, "Wow, this rabbi is unbelievable!" But someone tells them: "What you got is just a tiny revelation of what you could fathom. He gave you a little bit more than your regular teacher, but you can't even grasp the depth of what he truly knows." And even that mashal still does not do justice to what we perceive in this world vis-à-vis what is really going on. The author gives a beautiful, beautiful mashal to bring this point home. He says we are comparable to a child who was born in a jail cell. In those days, jails were underground pits. For whatever reason, the child's father had a life sentence; he had to be in jail, there was no way out, and because the rules couldn't be broken, it wasn't even up to the king. So, the kid was going to be there for life. But the king felt bad, so he told the jail keepers, "Listen, take care of this boy. Give him everything he needs." The boy was just a baby when he was born there, and they took care of him top-of-the-line. As he gets older, he knows absolutely nothing about the world outside the pit. Every morning, he receives breakfast from a messenger sent by the king. Every single day the messenger comes, bringing him candles, food, drink, and clothing. The boy asks him, "Who are you?" The messenger replies, "I am a servant of the king. And everything in this pit, including the pit itself and everything inside of it, is from the king. Therefore, you should thank him and praise him." The kid says, "Wow, 100 percent, I agree." So what praise does the boy offer? He says, "I praise the owner of this pit, who took me as his servant and singled me out with all the goodness he did, because he is paying attention to me and cares about me." It sounds like a nice praise, right? But the messenger says, "Don't say that, that is almost sinful! This pit is not all the king owns. He has multiples upon multiples of this pit. You can't even imagine the size of his kingdom! You are not the only one he takes care of; his servants are endless. And what you receive is just a drop in the bucket compared to all the goodness he does for the whole world. Do you think he is only looking at you? He has hashgacha [divine providence] over everything." The lad says, "I really don't understand what you're talking about. But what I do understand is that the king is much greater than I thought he was." So the messenger tells him, "Say the following instead: I praise the great king, for there is no end to his kingdom and no end to his goodness and kindness. I am a nobody among his many soldiers, and he still looks after me. What I see of his power is only a fraction of what he can really do. " Now the boy understood what he hadn't understood until then. He appreciated the king even more, and he began to have a much higher level of respect and awe for him. He also developed a greater appreciation for the goodness that came to him, because he finally realized how great the king is and how small he himself is. Suddenly, everything he received became so much more meaningful. The author continues and says: "And now, my brother, pay close attention to the mashal I just gave you. Look at the globe and see how much there is, how far the world goes, and what lies beyond our galaxies." He tells us to pay close attention to this lesson, and we will continue with this mashal and expand on everything we can learn from it in our upcoming sessions.