Emuna Beams
Chassidic Thought
Episodes

Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Thursday Jan 30, 2025
Ultimately, all war will be futile. The holiness that accompanies joy will nullify the evil in the world. The nations will bring every exile back to rebuilt Jerusalem, arm in arm.

Thursday Jan 23, 2025
Thursday Jan 23, 2025
The soul in the brain yearns to connect with its source, the Ein Sof, or Divine Light of the Infinite One. Yet if it succeeded, it would be instantly rendered into nothingness. When "Chaba'd" races toward the Ein Sof, the "Keter" stands in the way. A tremendous collision occurs, but something wonderful happens…

Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
After our review of the first four parts of Torah 24, we learn that "Keter" is the crown of the ten spheres. It not only illuminates the intellect, but it serves as the regulator, or spiritual limiter, of the Divine light that reaches the brain.

Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Thursday Jan 09, 2025
Every person has a basic human intellect. Yet, when he or she performs the Torah's commandments with a high level of joy, they merit a higher brain. This stems from the Divine intellect that a person attains by way of emuna.

Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Events in Israel today are the continuation of a perpetual war that began 22 centuries ago with the war between the Greeks and the Maccabees. Intrinsically, this is the war between human intellect and emuna, between assimilation and loyalty to Torah.

Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
In the academic world, ancient Greek philosophy is society's archetype of intellectual prowess. Spiritually, though, it leads to darkness and confusion. In stark contrast, the light of Torah and its commandments illuminate the soul and bring happiness to the heart. This is the Chanukah juxtaposition of Greek and Maccabee, light and darkness...

Thursday Dec 05, 2024
Thursday Dec 05, 2024
There are people with upright hearts. They have the desire to perform an important commandment, but for some reason, they are unable to. This desire stimulates the Heavenly heart, which personally comes to the aid of such individuals.

Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Thursday Nov 21, 2024
Lewd, evil and idolatrous thoughts all come from Fantasy World. This is a domain under the exclusive control of the evil inclination. It shows a person illusions of extreme pleasure which are none other than dark-side spirits to lower the victim to the depths of depression. Here's how to avoid it.

Thursday Nov 14, 2024
Thursday Nov 14, 2024
The evil inclination with its three layers resembles an almond. On the outside, there's a course shell. Once you break through that, there's a thin husk that clings to the meat of the nut. Yet on the inside, there's a fine biochemical – glycoside – that's dangerous, because the body breaks it down into cyanide. That's a metaphorical insight into the angelic evil inclination that wants us to do premature things that ultimately cause damage. They must be mitigated and purified.

Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
As a person moves up the ladder of spiritual awareness, his or her evil inclination is no longer down at the level of coarse lust and animal-urge temptation. People on high levels of emuna and observance of Torah rise to a level where their evil inclination is a holy angel. On a very high level, we find lofty type of angel that fought with Jacob. A similar angel pounced on King David, in the episode of BatSheva.

Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
There are times when a person suddenly contemplates a desire to get closer to Hashem. At that cherished moment, he becomes an upright individual. Don't ignore such a magnificent gift from Above.

Friday Sep 20, 2024
Friday Sep 20, 2024
It's not enough to guard our brains from so-called intellectual disciplines that are outside the realm of holiness. We must renew our intellect constantly. Rebbe Nachman shows us how.