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Parashat Toledot: The Reward is Unimaginable

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/29

In this week's parasha, Toledot , we are introduced to the wicked ways of Esav harasha . Yet although he was so wicked, he merited to rule over our people throughout history until that great day of ועלו מושיעים בהר ציון לשפוט את הר עשיו. What did he do to merit all of his blessings? The mitzvah of kibbud av v'em . And although he did excel in many aspects of this mitzvah, he was far from perfect in it, as can be seen explicitly in the pesukim . Furthermore, he was only careful with kibbud av and not

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Praying Again

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/28

Living Emunah 2675 Praying Again The pasuk says, " וישכם אברהם בבקר אל המקום אשר עמד שם " and Chazal tell us, it was at this time that Avraham Avinu instituted the tefilla of Shacharit. This took place right after Sedom was destroyed. We know Avraham prayed so hard to save Sedom, and seemingly his tefillot were not answered. That was precisely when he went to the exact same place and prayed again. It was this tefilla that saved Lot and the spark of Mashiach that was inside of him. Avraham did not

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Overcoming the Obstacles to a Shidduch

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/27

Finding a shidduch is compared to Kriyat Yam Suf. Many explanations have been offered to clarify this connection. The road leading to finding the right match can be exceedingly difficult, but when that day finally comes, the feeling is exhilarating. It seems that the Torah's depiction of the shidduch process unfolded very smoothly . Avraham sent Eliezer to find a girl for Yitzchak. Eliezer prayed to Hashem. He was answered immediately. Rivka returned with him and married Yitzchak. Yet we see from

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Finding the Right One

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/26

There are many singles who are having a very hard time in shidduchim. It is so difficult for girls to watch the days pass by with no prospects in sight. They wait week after week, month after month, and year after year, wondering if they will ever get married. The same is true of a boy who is getting on in years and can't seem to find the right one. It is also so hard for the parents and family members of these individuals to watch their loved ones hurting so much. They wish they could help them,

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Divine Feedback

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/25

Hashem appreciates every little effort we make in our Torah learning. Sometimes in His subtle ways, Hashem gives a person a little smile, kavyachol, showing him how much He appreciates what he does. A man told me he was living in New Jersey for the summer, but spent a couple of nights a week in his Brooklyn house. It was very difficult to bring his large gemara back and forth , and so he left it in New Jersey. When he was in Brooklyn, he just used the shul's gemara. The problem was that on the days

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Parashat Chayeh Sarah: The Right Hishtadlut

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/22

One of the reasons that we are required to make hishtadlut when trying to accomplish something is because Hashem wants us to camouflage His involvement in it. We are to do as much as needed to make it appear that we are the ones accomplishing, but realize that, actually, our actions are not what bring results. Only Hashem does. This is one of the big recurring tests in life. We must be cautious during our hishtadlut that we don't believe that we are the ones getting it done. One of the ways that we

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Every Dollar

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/21

A wealthy man told me that although his business is thriving, he understands that he did absolutely nothing to earn his wealth. He then related just one example of how Hashem orchestrated events to bless him with the wealth that he has. He had an average business here in America and was looking to open a similar business overseas. While he was on the flight to go to this other location and see the opportunities there, he made conversation with the man sitting next to him. He mentioned what line of

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Persevere

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/20

It may happen that when a person sets out to do a mitzva, he runs into obstacles. He then continues trying to do the mitzva, but the obstacles get harder to overcome. He may think to himself, I don't understand, I'm trying to do something for Hashem. Why would He keep trying to stop me? Does He not want me to do the mitzva? The answer is, for sure He wants you to do the mitzva, but He wants you to get the most out of it. The harder a person tries to do a mitzva, the greater the mitzva becomes. If it

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Overcoming Jealousy

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/19

The midda of קנאה , jealousy, can ruin a person's entire life. It can cause him to always feel lacking and dissatisfied. The Orhchot Tzadikim writes that it could lead a person into doing the worst averot . It is a Midda that everyone is born with, and it is up to us to uproot. One of the things that people are jealous of is other people's material success. There is so much more to life than money and materialism, and it's not worth wasting time and energy agonizing over. I recently heard of a man

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Facing the Incomprehensible

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/18

There are times when a person feels like he is being pushed to his limits. He already experienced one difficulty, and then another was added, and then another. He feels like Hashem is picking on him, and he's having a very hard time understanding how Hashem could do this to him, especially since he learned about how much Hashem loves him. We must constantly remind ourselves that the only things that are valuable and eternal in this world is our service of Hashem. Everything else in this world is

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Parashat Vayera: Visiting the Sick

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/15

The Gemara says in Masechet Sotah that we have a mitzvah to emulate Hashem. And one of the ways in which we do this is by visiting a person who is sick, just like Hashem did in this week's parasha Vayerah when Avraham was home, healing from his brit milah . Our greatest Rabbis would take away time from their Torah study to go visit sick people. When we do bikur cholim , we are connecting to Hashem. The Gemara says in Masechet Nedarim that when a person visits the sick, he brings life to that person

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You Gain the Most

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/14

There are people who have been hurt in the past by others and were never able to get over it. They carry the pain with them and hold a deep-rooted grudge towards the individuals that hurt them. Holding on to pain and carrying around negative energy is very detrimental. It is a very big test to be able to forgive and move on, but the person must know that by doing it, he will be the one who gains the most. We believe, be'munah shelema, that people do not have the ability to harm us. They are only

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Every Little Deed

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/13

Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein told a story in his Sefer בך בטחנו about a great Admor who appeared to his son in a dream a year after he passed away to give him a message. The son asked his father to tell him what it's like in the upper world. His father was not able to reveal too much, but he did tell him that the reward for every little deed that we do is tremendous, even for little things like getting a chair for someone to sit on, serving a cup of water or giving someone directions. We have no

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Doable and Available

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/12

So many people have said they can't believe how much learning Emunah has changed their lives for the better. They feel bad that they didn't start learning about it earlier. They now live every day of life together with Hashem and there is so much more meaning behind everything they do. A young woman recently shared with me how she discovered Emunah and how her life has improved in so many ways because of it. About five months ago, she met a girl who she is now proud to call her good friend. They met

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Parnasa with Emunah

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/11

Parnasa comes from Hashem. Those who know that are much calmer when it comes to earning a livelihood. A man said he contacted a well-known photographer regarding the possibility of having him take the pictures at his daughter's wedding. At the end of the conversation, the man said he would think about it and get back to him. The photographer replied with the following words, "No problem. I'll wait until I get a final answer from you. But at this point, I won't be able to reserve the date. But you

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Parashat Lech Lecha: Above the Stars

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/08

The pasuk says in this week's parasha, Lech Lecha , ויוצא אותו החוצה . Avraham Avinu, who knew how to read the stars, told Hashem that he saw he was not going to have children. Hashem told him to go outside of his astrology, because אין מזל לישראל . It doesn't matter what the stars say, because we are above the stars, and things can always change. These words have given so much hope to people who have been told throughout the generations that in the natural way of the world they would be unable to

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The Wondrous Segula

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/07

Chazal have taught us a wondrous segula to have our tefillot accepted faster. Namely, if someone is in need of a yeshua and knows of someone else with that same need and prays for that person to be helped. With this statement, the chazal are also teaching us how important it is to pray for others. The Be'er Mayim Chayim explains, when we pray for others, we are showing that we care about the pain of the Shechina, kaviyachol. The pasuk says, when a Jew is in pain, Hashem is in pain, and Hashem's pain

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Every Single Need

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/06

We say in Ashrei that Hashem is משביע לכל חי רצון . The Seforno explains this to mean that Hashem gives everyone chesed because that is His desire. This should give us a lot of chizuk knowing that Hashem's desire is to give every one of us chesed all day long. Everyone has different needs and Hashem gives everyone what they need when it's good for them. A young man who will call Zevulun told me that there's an older man who we'll call Yosef who eats by one of his relatives every Shabbat lunch. If

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When Chizuk Stories Are Hard to Hear

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/05

When a person hears an amazing story about how Hashem saved someone from his problem, it's supposed to give him chizuk to realize how fortunate he is that he also has Hashem who could help him from his problem as well. People have said, however, that hearing these kinds of stories can have the opposite effect on them. It makes them feel worse that everyone else gets help for their problems, but those kinds of stories never happen to them. They want to feel encouraged, but it's hard for them. They

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Determine the Outcome

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2024/11/04

When Hashem makes a decree upon a person, there are many ways in which it can be carried out, and our deeds can change things for the good. The Gemara says, Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai had a dream on Rosh Hashana that his relative was destined to lose a certain amount of money. Over the course of the year, he advised his relative to give large sums of money to tzedaka. By year's end, the man had given to tzedaka everything he was destined to lose except six dinarim. The king levied a large tax upon

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