It is well known that, whenever two or more people are appointed to carry out a given task, the appointment fails, certainly then if one trust in GD and in someone besides Him, his trust will fail and this will be the strongest factor in his being denied the object of his trust. pg 379/381

 A person should trust in GD alone in matters in which he is obligated to trust in Him.  He should not associate anyone else with Him, trusting in GD and in one of the creatures for his trust in GD will be spoiled by association someone else with Him.  pg 379

 H'shem knows whether a person's trust in Him is sincere or not. When this is clear to a person, it is improper for him to profess in his speech that he trust in H'shem if he does not trust in Him in his heart and inner self. pg 379

 A person should know and realize that the Creator may He be exalted is watching him and nothing is hidden from Him: neither his outer nor his inner life neither his outer appearances nor his inner convictions. pg 379

The Creator's ways of judgment are too hidden, deep, and exalted for us to arrive at knowledge of their particulars, certainly not of their general principles.  pg 379   לעילוי נשמת רבינו שמריהו יוסף חיים בן רבינו יעקב ישראל 

 Worrying over material things that are in GD's control and trying to force things to be the way one wants them to be unless it is to strengthen his commitment to Torah or to serve H'shem better proves a lack of knowledge and trust in the way H'shem runs the world. pg 377

 For instance, a single grain of wheat produces three hundred ears of wheat each of which bears thirty grains, so that a single grain produces ten thousand grains, approximately.  Can anyone fail to recognize that the force in the grain (or any created being), is insufficient to produce this amount? 377  Dealing with Shemittah Non-Observance I A person who does not observe Shemittah may not be given Shemittah-sanctified foods, out of concern that they will store these items beyond the biur deadline. However, he may be given small amounts of food, in the amount of less than three meals worth, for it may be assumed that these will be eaten in the immediate future. (Non-Jews, in contrast, may not be given any amount of Shemittah foods, which are Hashem’s gift to the Jewish People. A halachic authority should be consulted in regard to feeding Shemittah foods to non-Jews employed in one’s home.)   He may not be given any amount of demei Shevi’is monies, out of the very re...

A person who does not understand the affairs of the world thinks that it is the new, created cause that effects change in things and their transformation from one state to another. Actually, the cause is too weak and insignificant to bring about change or transformation in the essence of things.  377 Otzar Beis Din I Produce that grows during Shemittah is available for all Jews to take. One way that many people get Shemittah produce to eat is through the Otzar Beis Din (literally, the Beis Din Court’s storehouse) distribution system. Beis Din, in their role of caring for the public good, hires workers to pick the ownerless Shemittah foods growing in the orchards and fields, and bring them to storage facilities in the cities where people live. The collected produce is then distributed to the public. People who receive this produce share in the expenses needed to get these foods to the cities, for example the costs of harvesting, transportation, and storage. If Beis Din would not arr...