Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear

The Wondrous Gift

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/10/05

The pasuk says in Tehillim perek 19 " השמים מספרים כבוד קל ומעשי ידיו מגיד הרקיע – David HaMelech is telling us that he looked at the creations in the world in amazement, seeing the greatness of Hashem in them. Studies have shown that the entire earth in which we live upon is 1.3 million times smaller than the Sun and there are stars in outer space that are big enough to contain 9.3 billion suns inside of them. The vastness is mind boggling. Astronomers estimate that there are two trillion galaxies

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Surrounded by Hashem’s Love

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/30

We know that in the Midbar, Hashem gave the Jewish people three miraculous gifts: the mann, the Be'er Shel Miriam(well), and the Ananei HaKavod(clouds of glory). Yet we have a Yom Tov that commemorates only the Ananei HaKavod—this holiday of Sukkot. Why don't we have a Yom Tov for the mann or for the well? The Mabit answers that the Jewish people could not survive in the desert without food and water. Hashem, so to speak, had to provide those for them. But the Ananei HaKavod, the Clouds of Glory,

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The Safest Place in the World

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/25

All year long, a person naturally gets his sense of security from the things that surround him. He has a house with strong walls and a solid roof. He has money in the bank, a good job, insurance, doctors, family, and people he could call when he needs help. And without realizing it, a person can start to feel, "I am protected. I'm secure." On Sukkot, Hashem tells us to leave our house. We go and sit under the s'chach, a roof that does not give us any real physical protection. And this is the Yom Tov

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The One Who Gives Never Loses

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/24

If someone asks us for our time when we're already busy, or asks us to do something that requires a lot of effort, our first reaction might be, why should I give up my time now? I have so many things to do. The same is true when it comes to giving in. Sometimes we know we're right, and giving in will cost us something, so our yetzer hara tells us not to. However, when we act for the sake of Hashem, we never lose. Whether we see it or not, when we do for others or give in to others, we are always the

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The Avodah of Tefillah

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/23

After Yom Kippur is over and a person's judgment has been sealed, he may find it a little more difficult to pray with the same intensity. He may think, whatever is going to happen this year has already been decided. In the past, we've spoken about how even after the judgment has been sealed, tefillah is still necessary. Even the berachot that Hashem has already decreed for a person require tefillah to bring them down. Furthermore, tefillah is powerful all year long. Even decrees that have already

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Shabbat Shuva:The Greatest Chesed

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/18

These days of Aseret Yemei Teshuvah are the greatest chesed from Hashem. Imagine a man is standing on trial and his life is on the line. Before the judge gives his final verdict, the man pleads, "Please give me a chance. Tell me what I could do to get off the hook." The judge tells him, "I won't give the final verdict for another week. During that time, if you come to me, admit what you did wrong, sincerely regret it, and tell me you won't do it again, then I'll let you off." What a chesed! His life

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Living With the King

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/17

On Rosh Hashanah, we crowned Hashem the King. We understood that Hashem runs the world. He is in charge of everything that takes place. We are nothing and Hashem is everything. And we are so proud and happy to be the children of the King in His kingdom. But now, we have to act on that knowledge. We have to live with the understanding that Hashem is the King. That means recognizing that everything that happens to us, every second of the day, is coming from the King. And He is not only Malkeinu, He is

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The Opportunity to Forgive

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/16

We are now in the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah. The Rambam writes that during these days, a person should view himself as a benoni whose judgment is still pending. If he does teshuvah, he will be inscribed for life. That means that the order of the day right now is teshuvah. Every person must think about what he did wrong and try to correct it. The Rambam tells us that teshuvah is easily accepted during these days. Hashem is giving us such a great opportunity. He wants us to succeed, but we have to do our

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What Does Hashem Want?

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/15

One of the reasons we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah is to, so to speak, remind Hashem of Akedat Yitzchak and the great mesirut nefesh of Avraham Avinu. And in that zechut, Hashem has extra mercy upon us. One of the ways in which we can bring more of Hashem's mercy upon us now is through mesirut nefesh. But what exactly does it mean to show self-sacrifice? Rabbeinu Bachya describes how unfathomable the test of Avraham Avinu was. He waited one hundred years to finally have the child he had been

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Never Underestimate What Remains

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/14

Today is Tzom Gedaliah, which comes right after Rosh Hashanah during the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah. We fast because Gedaliah ben Achikam, the leader of the small group of Jewish people who remained in Eretz Yisrael after the Churban HaBayit, was murdered. The Gemara tells us regarding this, שְׁקוּלָה מִיתָתָן שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים כִּשְׂרֵפַת בֵּית אֱלֹקֵינוּ — the death of tzaddikim is comparable to the burning of the Bet HaMikdash. But we may ask, there have been many great tzaddikim who passed away

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Wake Up Excited

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/11

When we wake up in the morning, we are supposed to say modeh ani lefanecha and thank Hashem for giving us another day of life. We are to recognize what an opportunity we have to spend another day living life and perform mitvot . From the moment we get up, we have so many golden opportunities for mitvot , washing our hands properly, putting on tzitzit , saying birkot hashachar , and so on. We have endless opportunities to amass spiritual fortunes every single day. And it is with that attitude that we

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The Gift of Rosh Hashanah

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/10

The Gemara in Masechet Rosh Hashanah, on the pasuk וּמִי גוֹי גָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ אֱלֹקִים קְרֹבִים אֵלָיו , describes how fortunate the Jewish people are. Normally, when a person knows he's about to stand trial, he dresses in black, leaves his beard untrimmed and anxiously awaits the outcome. But the Jewish people are different. We prepare for Rosh Hashanah by putting on niceclothing, eating and drinking, confident that Hashem will give us a favorable judgment. What an incredible chesed. Hashem

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I Need You for Everything

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/09

On Rosh Hashanah we begin saying, זָכְרֵנוּ לְחַיִּים מֶלֶךְ חָפֵץ בַּחַיִּים — "Remember us for life, O King Who desires life." It is told that Rav Yisrael Salanter would spend a long time concentrating on those words because he wanted to ingrain within himself the recognition that his entire life was dependent upon Hashem. Every moment that he lived and every breath that he took was only because Hashem was giving him life. This is an important part of our avodah on Rosh Hashanah—to recognize how

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The Joy of Being in Hashem’s Kingdom

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/08

On Rosh Hashanah, one of our main jobs is to be mamlich Hashem, to crown Hashem as our King. Part of that avodah is to feel happy that we are in Hashem's kingdom. Nechemiah told the Jewish people on Rosh Hashanah, "כִּי חֶדְוַת ה׳ הִיא מָעֻזְּכֶם — the joy of Hashem is your strength." What a zechut it is to be able to serve Hashem. How fortunate we are to be His children. How fortunate we are that He is our King. Hashem gives us so many blessings, but very often we focus specifically on the one

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The purpose of creation

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/07

Chazal tell us that the world was created for the mitzvah of Bikkurim. This is an astonishing Midrash. We know that a person comes into this world with a mission to serve Hashem in the circumstances that he is given, and through that he earns the ability to enjoy the delights of the World to Come for all eternity. How can Chazal say the world was created for the mitzvah of Bikkurim? Perhaps the answer is that Bikkurim teaches us how Hashem wants us to fulfill our mission. Imagine someone hiring a

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Nitzavim-Vayelech: Standing Together

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/04

The Ma'amar Mordechai writes at the beginning of Parashat Nitzavim that we always read Nitzavim before Rosh Hashanah to teach us that at this time of year, we are supposed to be praying on behalf of our friends every single day. The Perach Shoshan explains a beautiful hint in the words Atem Nitzavim Hayom . The word Nitzavim means standing, and Chazal tell us that standing is a reference to tefillah. Atem Nitzavim Hayom —we're all standing together in tefillah at this special time before Rosh

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The Strength to Live With Bitachon

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/03

The more a person learns about emunah and bitachon, the more strength and courage he will have to live life the way Hashem wants him to live it. Learning emunah is learning about Who Hashem is, how He runs the world, and what He expects from us. When we know that Hashem is the One providing our parnassah, and that our hishtadlut is just the means through which He sends it, we're able to make decisions with a confidence that otherwise we may not have had. A man related that his wife works as a

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Recognizing How Much We Need Hashem

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/02

After Kayin killed Hevel, Hashem gave him very severe punishments. The land would no longer produce for him as it did before, and he would become a wanderer, separated from Hashem's immediate presence. Kayin then said to Hashem that as he wandered the earth, whoever found him would kill him. Immediately afterward, Hashem told Kayin that He would protect him, and He even gave him a sign for it. What changed? Hashem had just decreed such harsh punishments upon Kayin, and now suddenly He was going to

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Recognizing How Much We Need Hashem

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/02

After Kayin killed Hevel, Hashem gave him very severe punishments. The land would no longer produce for him as it did before, and he would become a wanderer, separated from Hashem's immediate presence. Kayin then said to Hashem that as he wandered the earth, whoever found him would kill him. Immediately afterward, Hashem told Kayin that He would protect him, and He even gave him a sign for it. What changed? Hashem had just decreed such harsh punishments upon Kayin, and now suddenly He was going to

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Always Being Cared For

Living Emunah By Rabbi David Ashear ·

2026/09/01

Emunah gives a person the strength to go through life feeling that he is always being cared for. Whatever situation we find ourselves in, we know Hashem is right there with us. He knows exactly what we need, He hears every tefillah, and He has unlimited ways of helping us. A woman recently shared a beautiful example. She wrote that it was difficult for her to see the families around her, as well as her coworkers, packing up and going away on vacation this past summer, while she knew that her family

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