BS’D
The court date for Nissan ben Malka has been postponed until after Pesach. Please continue to daven for him and I will continue to update. Tizku’ l’mitzvot.
Today’s Daily Dose of Emuna is dedicated to the immediate release of Yonatan Halevi Pollard ben Malka. May HaKadosh Baruch Hu enable his release without any trade-offs and bring him home safe, sound and in complete health to the welcoming arms of Klal Yisrael, Amen!
Every day we encounter a variety of trials and tribulations; this is likened to living in exile. So long as we view these challenges from a confined perspective, not relating them to a higher purpose, we live on foreign soil, so to speak. Exile is defined as being forced to live away from one’s familiar surroundings; seeing life through restricted ‘eyeglasses’ in like living in exile.
Familiarity brings with it easiness of mind, an envelopment of tranquility. This comes as a result of being in one’s natural environment. A Jew’s natural habitat is his place of truth – his soul. We experience a state of exile every time we encounter conflict between that which we know (all that Hashem does is for the best) and that which we feel (‘I am in such pain. How can this be good?’). Redemption comes when we return to familiar grounds; the place we know to be true and safe – our soul.
The voice of our soul speaks to us the following: ‘Hashem is good and loves you. He is looking out for your ultimate best’; listening to it frees us from our state of exile. When reminded of the truth we already knew yet forgot, we are comforted. These words echo emet (truth), a place we have been to before we came down to this world.
Attaching ourselves to Hashem at moments of hardship redeems us from our exile; we leave our Mitzrayim and enter our Eretz Yisrael. Seeing Hashem in everything frees us of internal conflict and enables us to return to familiar surroundings. Inside we know it to be true. Emuna is just that – an inner feeling that vibrates Hashem’s truth.
Our redemption lies right there inside of us. We just need to return to our inner abode called home.
The Daily Dose of Emuna is going on Pesach break for a couple of weeks. I too must prepare my internal and external surroundings for the upcoming redemption, B’H.
I wish everyone a Chag Kasher v’Samaech. May we each be freed from anything that holds us back from living a life filled with meaning, fulfilling our individual missions and shining our true G-dly light.
The Daily Dose of Emuna website is filled with shiurim, articles and past emuna lessons that can help bring us closer to the geula, IY’H. I also recommend www.G-dDirectTorah.com which offers a beautiful selection of articles and videos relating to Pesach and emuna.
B’H I hope to work on a special Pesach page on the website www.DailyDoseOfEmuna.com with insights and segulot in the coming days. I will send an email notifying the readers when it is up and running.
Looking forward to dancing with you in the women’s section of the Beit HaMikdash b’mheira, b’rachamim ub’simcha, Amen!
