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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refuah shleimah of Miriam bat Gittel (Meyer) and
Faiga Sarah bat Bracha Chaya (Meirowitz), the two girls injured in the horrific car accident in Arizona, where two of their friends were killed Reizel Morgenstern A’H and Hindy Spira A’H. May Hashem shower them with a complete healing refuat hanefesh v’refuat haguf and for the families of the niftarim that Hashem should give them strength to go through this difficult time. May we yell out ‘Di l’tzaroteinu’, no more suffering, no more tragedies… how much more can we handle? Hashem… Hashem…
Indeed, we are enduring so much pain and tragedy; a very difficult time for Klal Yisrael. It is written in the Shema that the words of the Torah “…shall be upon your heart.” What is the underlying message to the Jewish people? Why must we etch them into our hearts?
Hashem foresaw that we will transgress and be lead astray. Hashem foretold the exile and knew we would feel as though we were forsaken. Hashem foreknew that His face would be hidden from us. Yet with that promise Hashem also reassured the Jewish people that He would not let the exile begin to repair the damage of our estrangement until we were strong enough in Torah to have the means to survive the long and dark time ahead. In the merit of Torah study and cleaving to its eternal message we would find the strength to rise above the ashes, do teshuva and carve our pathway back to the holy mission intended upon formation.
All we have is our holy Torah, a personal letter written by Hashem to the Jewish people, left to console us and give us the strength needed to survive until the complete redemption arrives. Its message must be engraved in our minds, mouths and actions at every moment. It is vital that we read and re-read its messages and allow the words of Infinite wisdom guide us.
It is essential that we heed the message of emuna and never forget that we live in an upside down world and nothing is as it appears, only as Hashem promises will be revealed as ultimately good. May we merit to see it soon, b’rachamim, Amen.
