Category Archives: Emuna

“Hashem doesn’t have to test us to know [what we will do], but these things that we are expected to do… constitute the purpose we came to this world. We are put through all these circumstances, each representing a different … Continue reading →

Trust in Hashem is like an insurance policy.  A person can have a policy granting coverage for $1000, $10,000 or $100,000, depending on how much a person is willing to pay.  The larger the policy, the more the person is … Continue reading →

The story is told of one of the pious whose neighbor, a skilled scribe, supported himself from what he earned in the practice of his art.  One day the pious man asked his neighbor, “How are you faring?”  “Fine,” he … Continue reading →

“Detrimental [to trust in Hashem] is ignorance of the Creator and His good attributes.  For whoever fails to appreciate the Creator’s compassion for his creatures, His protection of them, His providence, dominion, and control over them ,will not be confident … Continue reading →

“We’re capable of patiently enduring any difficulty in life when we believe that everything comes from Hashem and that everything is for the best.  Patient endurance, the result of emuna, paves the road to genuine tranquility.  Genuine tranquility means a … Continue reading →

“Even if the chances of success and failure are equal, why worry about failure when you can just as easily hope for success?” ~ Rambam as quoted in Torah Tavlin

“Failure is wasted if you return only to the place from where you fell.  If your plans fail, think bigger, aim higher.” ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

“A person is obligated to recite a blessing over the bad just as he recites a blessing over the good.” ~ Berachos 54a