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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Rabbanit Rut bat Ahuva. May Hashem send her a complete healing refuat hanefesh v’refuat haguf among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.
Eighth principle of Emuna according to the Rambam ztk’l:
Belief that the entire Torah is true and completely accurate as dictated to Moshe by G-d.
The same Torah we have today is the one given to Moshe Rabbeinu. Every Rabbi imparts his wisdom to his disciples. Hashem, so to speak, the ‘Rabbi of the world’ transmitted to us more than just wisdom; He even gave us Himself along with it. Each time we delve into the wisdom of Torah, we ‘take hold’ so to speak of Hashem Himself and bond with a ‘part of Him.’
It is vital for us to internalize the conviction that every letter of the Written and Oral Law transmitted through Moshe Rabbeinu was of Divine origin. This is not to be taken literally, implying that all the letters of the Torah are the exact letters given to Moshe Rabbeinu. Rather in a general sense. The Torah we learn and live by is for all intents and purposes the same Torah that was given to Moshe. Another words, absolutely none of it was edited by Moshe in any way whatsoever. As mentioned in the seventh principle, he had no input of any kind but functioned only as the mouthpiece of Hashem.
Additionally, it is important to remember that nothing was left in Heaven; the entire Torah was given to us on Har Sinai. Torah was not given to us in installments, part by part for us to learn as history unfolds. We received everything we need to know.
The Talmud teaches in Sanhedrin 99a, that denial of the Divine origin of a single word or letter of the Torah is as though the entire Torah is being rejected, chas v’Shalom. In order to attain emuna shleimah we need to fully trust that the Torah conveys Hashem’s will precisely and specific instruction on how to fulfill our spiritual mission in this world.
If there is even a small trace of doubt or uncertainty on the authenticity of the Torah, even the size of a pinhole, it will surely impede on our ability to live a life of emuna shleimah.
