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A Year of Hope and Optimism

In our current troubles, it seems that baseless hatred is becoming more widespread and toxic. Although it’s easy to be pessimistic about the upcoming year, there are powerful reasons to believe that redemption is imminent. 

Lessons from Lahaina 

Breslev Israel joins the rest of the world in mourning the loss of life and the destruction from the tragic wildfire that leveled the tourist town of Lahaina in Maui, Hawaii. Emuna says we have to look for meaning and messages from God in everything that happens, and certainly a disaster of this scale... 

The Full Life of a Wheat Field

If we judge a wheat field by the way it looked at a single point in time, we might make the tragic error of judging it to be worthless. Same goes with judging people (including ourselves). Never underestimate the ability to repent!

Part of a Whole

Every Jew is a tiny part of a united spiritual being called Israel. This explains why we often meet people that we feel we have known forever after one minute of small talk...

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