We continue with the Maharal’s alphabetic list of Pesukei Bitachon and we are in letter Vav. Devarim 12,10 says, וְהֵנִ֨יחַ לָכֶ֧ם מִכׇּל־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם מִסָּבִ֖יב וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־בֶּֽטַח׃ God will put aside all your enemies from around you. And you shall dwell in peace On the simple level, the Tiferet Yonatan is bothered-Isn't it obvious that if you have no enemies, you'll dwell in security? He answers that it's possible to have peace from your surroundings, but internally everyone doesn’t get along. That's why we need an additional blessing that not only will the enemies from around leave you alone, but you'll have internal peace, and achdut / unity amongst each other. This is related to bitachon because, as the Gaon of Vilna tells us, the source of all Sinat Hinam/baseless hatred is jealousy and hatred, which come from a lack of bitachon. If one truly relies on Hashem that He's in charge and controlling his life, he has no complaints against anybody. That’s the reading of the pasuk on a simple level-that the enemy is the physical enemy. However, the sefer Pri Sadik on Re’eh (letter 6) tells us that whenever the term enemy is used in the Torah, it can refer to the Yeser HaRa , as the Midrash in Bereshit Rabah chapter 54 tells us. On the pasuk ‘ His enemies will get along with him,’ the Midrash tells us this is the Yeser HaRa. The Hovot Halevavot tells us this as well, when he talks about the group of people that were coming back from a war (returning from Gaza after six months). They met up with somebody who said, “ You've left the small war, welcome to the big war.” What does that mean? What's the big war and what's the small war ? He says the small war is the war against the physical enemy, and the big war is the war against the Yeser HaRa. He's out to get you. He's out to destroy you worse than any other enemy. Other enemies sleep. He doesn't sleep. If you beat other enemies, they eventually give up, but the Yeser HaRa never gives up. The Yeser HaRa is the worst possible enemy. And that, says the Pri Sadik , is what the Torah referring to here. והֵנִ֨יחַ לָכֶ֧ם מִכׇּל־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם מִסָּבִ֖יב וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־בֶּֽטַח׃ We must remove from you all of your enemies . What are the main enemies? The three traits that take a man out of this world- Kinna/jealousy , Ta’ava/ desire and Kavod/honor. They take you out of the world. What does that mean? That eventually you're going to die from it. But the Ramban, in his commentary to Pirkeh Avot, says they take you out of the world, means they take you out of your Emunah. They take you out of your bitachon , your faith and reliance on God. This is an important point. The Ramban writes a bit about this in his Igeret HaRamban . He says certain middot/character traits are contrary to our beliefs. That means inherently, jealousy is anti-Emunah. Like the Ibn Ezra tells us when he asked the famous question, How can you tell someone not to covet his friend’s things? He answers that the farm boy does not have any interest in marrying the princess. It's not in his league. I'm not thinking now about going on a deep-sea scuba diving trip in my privately owned submarine. That's not even on my radar. That's for a different league. And it's that way with all the bad middot , namely jealousy, desire and honor. Taavah-desire: I want something. I'm deserving . I need to do….You don't need to do , you don't need to be deserving Hashem will give it to you. You're not deserving of anything. Kavod - I deserve honor . Why? What did you do? These three Middot are anti - Emunah and bitachon. It's not the simple way of reading it, but as we've said in the past from the Bat Eyin וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־בֶּֽטַח means, not that you'll live securely, but that through this, you will live with bitachon. How? This is a big hiddush in how to read it. וְהֵנִ֨יחַ לָכֶ֧ם מִכׇּל־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם מִסָּבִ֖יב / God will remove all of those enemies . Who are the enemies? Jealousy, desire, and honor. Then, when those are removed from you, וִֽישַׁבְתּ