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Yosef is the completion of the middah of tzaddik yesod olam and thus had a great balance of hishtadlus and bitachon. If so, why was Yosef punished for asking the Sar HaMashkim to mention him to Pharaoh? Yosef's job was to always influence, not be needy. The body is a kli that the neshama uses. Whenever hishtadlus is done by asking other people to help, it has to be done in a nice way. Yaakov did major hishtadlus in preparing to encounter Esav, yet did not ask others for help. On a higher level, bitachon corresponds to neshama while hishtadlus corresponds to guf. In our personal spiritual work, we must put in maximum hishtadlus, while in work we should put in less hishtadlus and have more bitachon.
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