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Into the Fog: Likutei Moharan, Torah 115

Life's challenges are like a thick fog. We often can't discern or understand what's happening and we lack clarity. Most people try to escape the fog. Rebbe Nachman says charge right into it.

Composure in Conflict

Anxiety and even panic often occur when a surprise trouble or challenge hits the unsuspecting victim. Unfortunately, most people are unprepared when life's unpleasant surprises ambush them. Some rise to the occasion, but many others crack under the pressure or fall into despair. We don't want that to happen. In that respect, this lesson is a life-saver, literally.

Kids in Captivity and Cold Truth

For the morally bankrupt UN, funneling fuel to Hamas is "humanitarian aid." Freeing orphaned toddlers from the hellish nightmare of captivity in murderer's dungeons is not. Why? The toddlers are Jewish. 

Israel’s Dilemma

Today's Emuna News analysis discusses how Israel and the IDF now face a terrible dilemma. The prudent course of action would be to tighten the siege around Hamas in the tunnels until there's no more fuel and food. Yet, that can take time. And, with every passing day, world opinion turns against us. That's not all. Our supposed friends called Biden and Blinken are pressuring Israel into doing things against our own best interests. They want us to allow fuel shipments to the Gaza strip in addition to other so-called humanitarian aid that will certainly end up in Hamas hands.
On the other hand, if Israel races time and tries to force Hamas out of the tunnels via conventional combat means, our soldiers could suffer terrible losses. Is this, Heaven forbid, a no-win situation? The answer, as expected, is not a logical one...

Escape from the Tunnel: Likutei Moharan Torah 112, Part 3

The conclusion of Torah 112 is uncanny, timely and prophetic. Rebbe Nachman explains the only way to break free from captivity.

A Time for Trust

No one on earth, no matter how it might seem otherwise, has a trouble-free life. Therefore, bitachon - the firm trust in the Almighty - is a priceless spiritual asset. A person's level of true bitachon is gauged under fire, when he or she is bombarded with troubles. Trying times put a person's bitachon to the test, as the Torah itself testifies: "In your distress, when all these troubles befall you" (Deuteronomy 4:30). Here's what happens when a person has strong trust in Hashem...

The Power of Unity

Israel celebrates the heroic and miraculous mission in Gaza that led to the release of captured IDF Pvt. Ori Megiddish last night. The success of the mission is result of the marvelous cooperation bewteen Israel's military and secret services. In addition to the power of unity, we also learn the power of another mitzvah, the challah offering. This was a mitzva that Ori's mother, family and friends performed on the day before the previous Shabbat.

Piercing the Darkness: Likutei Moharan 112, Part 2

What do you do when life is pitch-black darkness and the pain is unbearable? What happens when there's no apparent reason for hope or the slightest optimism? Have you been trying to escape from the emotional or physical dungeon but it's so dark that you can't find an opening? Rebbe Nachman shows the way out.

The 6 Miracles of the Simchas Torah War

In this special addition of Emuna News, Rabbi Lazer explains Iran's diabolical scheme to destroy Israel in one day. It almost happened, were it not for 6 miracles that the Almighty engineered on the first day of the war, Shabbos Simchas Torah, 5784 - October 7, 2023.

Tower of Strength

This week's Emuna Hour begins with explaining the meaning of genuine trust in the Almighty. The second half shows where we see the current war prophesied in this week's Torah portion. Again, it's the war against darkness that attempts to extinguish the light.

Bibi’s Crucial Option: Biden or Bitachon?

This Emuna News update finds Israel at a critical crossroads. There is no longer room for a wrong decision, for at this moment, everything is at stake.

The Bibi-Biden Barrier

Who is responsible for blocking Israel's gound assault in Gaza and finishing off Hamas once and for all? Biden? Bibi? Both? See today's Emuna News Update, which looks at the war effort and life in the south of Israel with the war now on its sixteenth day.