Category Archives: Emuna

People think that G-d first made a world and then gave us instructions to follow, so we won’t mess it up. The truth is, the instructions came first, and the world was designed as the venue to carry them out.  Therefore, … 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

Prepare yourself with this meditation, and when you feel anger overcoming you, run through it in your mind: Know that all that befalls you comes from a single source, that there is nothing outside of that oneness to be blamed … Continue reading →

“Everything that occurs comes from G-d, and G-d is only good. But if you and your world are not prepared to receive such good, it may manifest itself as apparent bad.  Struggle hard to see the good, think positively –and … Continue reading →

“In reality, all of us have emuna; most people simply fail to ‘live’ their emuna.” ~ The Garden of Emuna

“Isaiah the prophet informed King Hezekiah that the latter had been sentenced by Heavenly edict to death.  The king answered the prophet, ‘Ben Amotz – belay your prophecies and leave!  I have a tradition from my great-grandfather King David that even if a sharp sword … Continue reading →

“Emuna girds us with phenomenal inner strength and enables us to successfully weather any and all of life’s difficult tests and challenges, whatever they may be.” ~ The Garden of Emuna

“What is my share in Paradise?  What does it mean to live in Paradise?  If I know that everything is good, even if sometimes it doesn’t look so good, that’s paradise.” ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

“Ups and downs, life’s bumpy transitional periods, and times of turbulence all become easier when a person relies on emuna.” ~ The Garden of Emuna

“With emuna, we know that there’s no situation on earth – no matter how seemingly dismal – where Hashem can’t come to our rescue.” ~ The Garden of Emuna