Emuna Daily

There is no clearer sign of the end of days than this: when the Land of Israel gives forth its fruit abundantly.

~ Sanhedrin 98a

The tears we shed over the sorrows of Am Yisrael are not lost; they are planted in the soil of history and will one day bear the fruits of redemption.

~ Based on the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner zt”l

R’ Yaakov Meir Shechter teaches: 

The yetzer hara tries to convince a person that lowly temptations reflect who he truly is — leading him to despair and spiritual downfall.

But a person should tell himself: “Where does it say in the Torah that it’s forbidden to have a yetzer hara? 

The prohibition is to listen to it! 

Having a yetzer hara is not a sin — on the contrary, by overcoming it, a person can reach the highest levels.”

~ R’ Elimelech Biderman

The ability to address Hashem directly as “Atah” (You) when reciting a beracha is not just a privilege — it strengthens our relationship with Him. We say “You” only to someone who is near, never to someone who is far away.

When you say a beracha, take a moment to feel Hashem’s unbelievable closeness.

~ R’ Mechel Handler

In Judaism, faith is not acceptance but protest, against the world that is, in the name of the world that is not yet but ought to be.

~ R’ Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l

Hashem is not asking you to stop crying.  

He’s just wondering if you would let Him hold you while you do. 

~ Esther Weinstein

Emuna doesn’t mean life will always make sense; it means trusting that Hashem is holding you even when it doesn’t.

~ Based on R’ Nachman of Breslov zt”l

Failing is not failure; not getting up is failure.

~ R’ Zecharia Wallerstein zt”l

“The reward of a mitzvah is the mitzvah itself.” ~ Pirkei Avot 4:2

The Rambam explains:

The ultimate reward for a mitzvah is the bond it creates between you and Hashem.

The most powerful time to attain complete Emuna 

and to strengthen your connection to the holy Tzaddikim

is the night of the seventh day of Pesach.

For only after Kriyas Yam Suf does it say: 

“They believed in Hashem and in Moshe His servant” (Shemos 14:31).

Which means… until then, their Emuna was incomplete.

~ R’ Elimelech of Lizhensk zt”l