GPS Recalculating

Life's obstacles and difficulties are not punishments from Above. They're part of the Divine GPS that's designed to guide us along a better route that we might not have initiated or even considered on our own.

Tears and Treasures

There are forms of Divine abundance that no money in the world can pay for. Divine abundance has a price tag, but it's spiritual. If a person prays profusely and does good deeds, he or she generates spiritual revenue that pays for a portion of the Divine abundance. Even though we must think that everything is a free gift from the Almighty, it's like a line of credit. What we use and don't pay for, we pay in the next world. What we use and do pay for, the credit remains for the next world.
Prayer generates Divine abundance. But sometimes it's not enough. Suffering, tribulation and disparagement – when accepted with emuna – are the tears that bring phenomenal treasures that we would not have attained under any other circumstance.

The Last Laugh

"If we knew that a rare gift was concealed within our difficulties, we could laugh; but with emuna, we start laughing even before we discover the gift." 
An old parable about a donkey in trouble gives us a different perspective on life's difficulties. Here's two-and-a-half minutes of encouragement:

How to Love Yourself

The world is utterly confused between narcissism, a definitely undesirable trait, and loving yourself, which is a key to your happiness, success and emotional health in addition to being the vital element in your relationship with yourself, with others and with the Creator.

Emuna News Roundup: Israel at War

Today's Emuna Beams News Roundup covers the events of the last three days, where trouble chases trouble. What can we do about it?

Rabbi Lazer Brody's Pre-Combat Motivational Message to an IDF Tank Company on the Way to Gaza, 11 May, 2021

A group of IDF tank soldiers asked Rabbi Brody for some words of encouragement before engaging in combat during Operation "Guardians of the Walls". May, 11, 2021

First Aid for Overcoming Difficulties

First Aid for Overcoming a Difficulty:
Remember that Hashem is not limited - Hashem can do whatever He wants whenever He wants;
Light a candle in memory of the holy tzaddik Rebbe Oshaiya Ish Tiria;
Put a coin in a charity box or give charity;
Say Psalm 29;
Now ask for whatever salvation you need.
Please write or leave a comment telling us how this worked for you; meanwhile, see this:

Never Give Up!

What would you do if your life's work went up in smoke and you're already more than a hundred years old? Would you have the strength to start all over? Rebbe Akiva did.

The Cornerstone

Here's an important message for a bullied child or adult, or anyone who feels like an underdog, filmed at the holy gravesite of King David in Jerusalem.

Revival and Consolation

If you've ever lost a loved one, nothing could console and comfort you more than the Thirteenth Principle of Emuna, which we learn today on Emuna Hour (40-minute lesson).

Smithereens

If Hashem loves us so much, then why does He give us broken hearts from time to time? Here's a shot of encouragement after suffering a setback.

"Gei Veiter" - Go Forward!

First aid for depression:1. Get up2. Call out to God3. GO FORWARD - the two most important words you'll ever need to know