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The emotional wellness of the Jew is intimately connected by the level of emuna he/she holds. Emuna comprises of four different aspects according to the Radak in his book ‘Sefer HaShorashim’:
• Strength: Hashem’s ability to carry out that which He has promised to the Jewish nation
• Faith: Hashem has always taken care of His beloved children, thus we should have faith in Him as a result of such nurturing
• Nurturing: This interlocks with the previous implication; due to the fact that the Jewish people rely on Hashem and have faith that He will support them Hashem continues to do so, based on their emuna in Him.
• Creativity: This calls for a more in-depth explanation which we shall begin to explore and continue in the coming days.
Hashem created the world from nothingness. Yet, according to Kabbalistic tradition this state of oblivion did in fact contain aspects of chaos (according to the Mystics left over from the world that preceded this world, very complex so let us leave it at that). Following this unruly state Hashem designed our world; the world of rectification. Keep in mind that the word barah (to create) is rooted in the Hebrew word b’riut (health).
We deduce from this, as there is a connection between words that share the same Hebrew root, that creation or creativity take on a therapeutic form. As we work to create and weave our lives into order, we cultivate emuna and develop an overall sense of wellness and happiness.
Today’s Daily Dose of Emuna is dedicated to ther refuah shleimah of Yohan Moshe George ben Rivka. He is a father in his 30’s to 3 small children on a respirator with brain edema after being hit by a bus a week ago. He just took a turn for the worse. Please pass this along and daven that he merit a complete healing amongst all of Klal Yisrael who are sick and suffering b’karov, b’rachamim, amen.
