Category Archives: Daily Dose Of Emuna

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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refulah shleimah of Malka Esther bat Tziporah.  She is critically ill and in desperate need of our tefillot. May Hashem send her a complete healing among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan in his book ‘The Real Messiah’ writes that whoever wishes to truly see the hand of Hashem at work can.  We are at a stage in history where civilization has developed beyond man’s wildest dreams.  Does the progressive advancement of society foretell the arrival of Mashiach?  Certainly. All has been prophesied and predicted as the Zohar HaKadosh precisely writes, “In the 600^th year of the sixth millennium, the gates of wisdom on high and the wellsprings of lower wisdom will be opened.  This will prepare the world to enter the seventh millennium, just as a man prepares himself toward sunset on Friday for the Shabbat.  It is the same here…” The 600^th year of the 6^thmillennium was the year 5600 (1840) where there was a sudden expansion of secular knowledge; the scientific revolution.

The times we are living in as outlined by the prophets would seem impossible thousands of years ago when made. Yet today with the advancement of technology we can see how ‘grapes can be as large as hen’s egg’ or ‘grains of wheat as big as a fist.’

This era of rapid change is foretold to have a massive impact on the generation gap between parents and children, since children literally feel they are living in a different world, one in which their parents ‘simply don’t understand.’ Many of us undoubtedly experience this in our homes. Chazal describe a sort of spiritual plague, an ailing feeling of constant discontent, of always wanting something new in such a fast-paced ever-changing world.

These are but some of the  signs given to us which we can already see before our eyes.  All of the proposed dates found in the Torah for the arrival of Mashiach have already passed. We can no longer bear the spiritual hardship of the exile.  Those of us who really want to be an ‘Eved Hashem’ feels that Mashiach is very near. B’H, b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.

More on this subject tomorrow.

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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated to the refulah shleimah of Malka Esther bat Tziporah.  She is critically ill and in desperate need of our tefillot. May Hashem send her a complete healing among all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan in his book ‘The Real Messiah’ writes that whoever wishes to truly see the hand of Hashem at work can.  We are at a stage in history where civilization has developed beyond man’s wildest dreams.  Does the progressive advancement of society foretell the arrival of Mashiach?  Certainly. All has been prophesied and predicted as the Zohar HaKadosh precisely writes, “In the 600^th year of the sixth millennium, the gates of wisdom on high and the wellsprings of lower wisdom will be opened.  This will prepare the world to enter the seventh millennium, just as a man prepares himself toward sunset on Friday for the Shabbat.  It is the same here…” The 600^th year of the 6^thmillennium was the year 5600 (1840) where there was a sudden expansion of secular knowledge; the scientific revolution.

The times we are living in as outlined by the prophets would seem impossible thousands of years ago when made. Yet today with the advancement of technology we can see how ‘grapes can be as large as hen’s egg’ or ‘grains of wheat as big as a fist.’

This era of rapid change is foretold to have a massive impact on the generation gap between parents and children, since children literally feel they are living in a different world, one in which their parents ‘simply don’t understand.’ Many of us undoubtedly experience this in our homes. Chazal describe a sort of spiritual plague, an ailing feeling of constant discontent, of always wanting something new in such a fast-paced ever-changing world.

These are but some of the  signs given to us which we can already see before our eyes.  All of the proposed dates found in the Torah for the arrival of Mashiach have already passed. We can no longer bear the spiritual hardship of the exile.  Those of us who really want to be an ‘Eved Hashem’ feels that Mashiach is very near. B’H, b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen.

More on this subject tomorrow.

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Today’s daily dose of emuna is dedicated l’iluy nishmat Ariella Rivka bat Avraham a’h. Her beautiful soul was elevated to the higher realms when she was just over 8 years old.  I had the zechut to know her and to remember her warm smile and contagious enthusiasm of Yiddishkeit. May her neshama bask in the Divine radiance among all of the righteous who have departed from this world, Amen.

Many people currently question the idea of whether we are in the era of the ‘Days of Mashiach.’  They consider the fact that the world is still running regularly as proof that Yemot HaMashiach is still in the distant future.  However, those who are in ‘Geula mode’ should respond, “But haven’t you noticed the chaotic mess this world has become entangled in? Aren’t you aware of the massive changes and upheavals occurring around the world?”
 
The greatest enigma is how many of us can continue to live life ‘as usual’ despite these tumultuous changes. Particularly during this ‘media age’, we are bombarded with data, information and statistics which reveal but a small portion of the damage and chaos of the current global situation. These media snip-bits do not reveal the full magnitude of the true tragic events.  Despite this (or because of it), we are constantly taken back to ‘business as usual,’ managing to ignore the massive events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis and terror that would have brought the world to a standstill in the past.
 
We are experiencing the stage immediately preceding the geula shleimah, b’karov, b’rachamim, Amen. The Jewish people should see every event, whether on a personal or universal level, as a direct, Divine message announcing that the ‘Days of Mashiach’ have arrived. ‘Natural disasters’ are one of the ways Hashem forces Klal Yisrael to recognize Him, His power, His capabilities, His compassion and His protection. ‘Mother Nature’ roaring her powerful voice is meant to move us out of our comfortable state and enter to a state of awe. These disasters also arise to force us to recognize Hashem’s kindness and compassion in sheltering us from such disasters until now.

We will continue to explore more about this vast topic in the coming days, B’H.