Category Archives: Emuna

Lessons from the Manna – More or Less

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Emuna Daily

“This is what God has commanded: each person should gather as much [manna] as he needs to eat (i.e,) an omer for each person.  You should take (one omer) for every person in your tent.  The children of Israel did … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Manna – Absolute Trust + Segula for Parnasah today!

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Emuna Daily

The Zohar teaches that the Jews collected their daily manna with simple faith – no one had any doubt that the manna would be there.  They went outside every single day with absolute trust in Hashem that he would provide … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Manna -The King’s Son

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Emuna Daily

I would like to change things up a bit for just one week and focus on some of the powerful lessons we can learn from the manna that Hashem sent down from Heaven, sustaining the Jewish people in the desert … Continue reading →

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Beyond Conception

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Emuna Daily

G‑d knows all before it occurs. More than that: It is His knowledge that brings all events into being. But we still have free choice. You claim this is inconceivable. I ask you: Knowledge of all existence before even the … Continue reading →

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What is a Miracle?

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“A miracle is a gift of true knowledge.  The greatest thing in life is to be aware of Hashem, to have a real feeling that you’re standing in front of Him.  A miracle gives you that feeling in one flash.  … Continue reading →

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Concerned about your Emuna?

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“You write to me you are concerned that you no longer believe. If you don’t believe, then why does not believing concern you?” ~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe zt”l

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A Jewish Cry

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Emuna Daily

How did Pharaoh’s daughter know that the child that she was pulling from the river was Jewish just from hearing him cry? Because a Jewish cry is unique; together with despair it contains an element of hope.  A Jew is … Continue reading →

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How does one reach perfection?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Emuna Daily

We’re put in this world to be formed into something beautiful.  And so a pummel here…and a knock here…and punch here.  We think it’s all a waste.  We would like to get along without it, but that’s making us, it’s … Continue reading →

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Workaholics

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Emuna Daily

If one obtains his livelihood by one of the various means that he has employed, he should not grow to rely on that source, becoming enamored and obsessed with it, and yield his heart to it; for then his reliance … Continue reading →

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Whatever you truly want!

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Hashem gives everyone what they really want.  The tzaddik (righteous person) wants the reward for his mitzvot in the World to Come and the punishment for his misdeeds in this world, which he knows is anyway transient and insignificant.  On … Continue reading →

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