The closest distance between two points is a straight line. In spirituality, straightness means simplicity and honest innocence. The two traits, which are really one, make a person beautiful. They also create the closest distance between the person and the Creator.… [Read more...]

Confessing one's wrongdoings to the Almighty does more than merely cleansing one's soul. It rejuvenates the spirit. A rejuvenated spirit is a healthy spirit, and a healthy spirit is a happy… [Read more...]

A husband and wife must lovingly accept each other's shortcomings. Why? They are two halves of one soul. If you see a blemish in your spouse, see the following poignant story about the holy Rebbe Chaim Halberstam of Sanz; it shines light on the nature of the soul-bond between husband and… [Read more...]

The Gemara teaches us an amazing lesson: before enhanced abundance and joy, there's chaos, both physical and emotional. We are taken out of our comfort zone in order to accustom us to a new and better reality. That's the key to understanding current events. It's also proof that Moshiach is… [Read more...]

Leah is a righteous convert, beautiful inside and out. She is un upright Jew and learned as well. Yet, she can't walk to synagogue or cross the street without suffering verbal abuse. Inane people break her heart. No wonder that we're still in… [Read more...]

During the Omer, Rebbe Akiva's 24,000 students died because they didn't properly respect one another. We still mourn them, almost 2,000 later, because we haven't yet corrected their sin. We're all still guilty of intramural hate. The age-old plague is more dangerous than anyone can imagine,… [Read more...]

Hashem gave a most difficult command to the Israelites. Each family had to slaughter a lamb, which the Egyptians held as their prime deity. This was a dangerous act, where emuna had to prevail over logic and fear. Such dedication to the Almighty triggered the final exodus from Egypt, as we learn in… [Read more...]

With his unprecedented disrespect of the Almighty, Pharaoh was begging for punishment. The punishment came quickly. There were ten different plagues, each a precise measure-for-measure response to the suffering that Pharaoh and the Egyptians meted out to the… [Read more...]

How did a fierce, proud and independent people like the Israelites fall into slavery in Egypt? Why did they have to suffer unspeakable atrocities? Here, in first of our 3-Part "Story of Passover," we gain a deeper appreciation of the Passover holiday and of true… [Read more...]

The Passover Seder night is not an evening of reminiscing about what happen to our nation 3,336 years ago. Like everything else that's Divinely inspired, it's timeless. The Haggadah is about us - today - and much more relevant than the daily news. Our future is where our past is; without our past,… [Read more...]

In today’s Emuna News analysis, we ask ourselves the most critical question on our security agenda: should Israel carry out a retaliatory strike against Iran? The Background First, let’s understand the background: On early Sunday morning, April 14, 2024, Iran launched an unprecedented… [Read more...]

Shortly after midnight, Sunday, April 14, 2024, Iran launched an unprecedented 130 ballistic missiles, 30 cruise missiles and over 200 suicide drones against Israel. Is this the beginning of World War III? What does the future hold? Here is our Emuna News… [Read more...]