Its the first week of December, and the sounds, sights and aroma of the season surrounds us all; a season proclaimed to be the season of miracles. The music, TV shows and movies during this season do their best to show the best of humanity, giving and caring for one another in ways that only …
Category: spirituality
Meditations For Righteous Living – Gratitude
“Feeling grateful to the Creator is indeed our most important task. We build a steadfast connection by way of our gratitude to Him. Therefore, as long as our gratitude to God is deficient, our connection to Him remains weak and incomplete.”Rabbi Shalom Arush, The Garden of Gratitude. Soon after speaking on the subject of gratitude, …
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Meditations For Righteous Living – Prayer
“When we pray, it is a sign of our faith in God. Why else would we be praying? Prayer increases our faith and, as we pray, we gradually develop a more intimate feeling for our Creator.”Breslov Prayer Siddur - Prayer to God Is My Life There are times we all struggle with prayer. The desire …
Breaking The Divide
It appears that from every direction there is an agenda to divide and separate the human race. There is a war going on and its main goal is to divide one from another. The flames of new and old hatreds are flaring up all over the planet. Seeking A Connection Here in the United States …
First Step
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" Chinese Proverb My last blog ‘QC’, https://emunatrek.com/2021/01/31/qc/ introduced the topic of mussar. “Mussar is typically defined as ethical teachings. That is, the field of mussar is devoted to character and behavioral improvement.” Rabbi Ephraim D. Becker, Ph.D. This series will be more of a …
Noahide Rituals
I don’t think I have written on this topic before. I want to thank a Facebook friend, Christopher for the inspiration for this blog. Those that have stepped out of the religions of this world onto the pathway of the Creator for the non-Jewish nations can experience a variety of struggles. One of them, is …
A Brief Encounter
It happened late on a Saturday afternoon, I walked into a mighty rushing river of silence and beauty. The silence was so large, so vast, it overpowered my body and soul. Technically, I cannot find any words within my English language to properly describe the experience of that much silence; how do you describe something …
Covid 19 Or The G-d of Yaakov?
This latest blog was birthed from the inward struggle of being a human trapped in a real life situation and trying to hang on to the Creator while the storm winds are blowing. As the quote ‘Pandemic’ has swept across our country, over time many contradiction have come to light and in the wake of …
Hidden Dangers
“He who is commanded and does stands higher than he who is not commanded and does.” Avoda Zara 3a There is a hidden danger within the Noahide movement that concerns me so much that the subject is on my radar all the time. Just last night as I pondered aspects of it, another danger came …
Noahide Frustration
Time has come for me to step up and write on the subject of Noahide frustration. That being said, there are several issues that cause a non-Jew seeking the God of Israel to become frustrated in his or her journey. This blog, will be dealing with one of the issues of Noahide frustration, it frustrates …
Emuna Trek 