Emuna Beams

The Trump Deal: Will it Work?

January 28, 2020 21:30 - 5 minutes - 7.14 MB

Right now, the media outlets here in Israel – right, left, center, religious, non-religious, Jewish and Arab – are all focused on one thing – President Trump's Peace Plan, what the Trump administration is calling, "Deal of the Century." Will it Work? Here is our Emuna-Beams analysis...

Gog and Magog: Postwar Fallout

January 27, 2020 19:57 - 7 minutes - 9.95 MB

Are Gog and Magog really dead? Will there be a nuclear war? What about Moshiach, where does he fit in to the current-events news puzzle? What does the Noahide movement have to do with all of this? Today's podcast looks at what's happening all around us through eyes of emuna and puts contemporary affairs in their proper spiritual perspective.

The Self-Healing Prayer

January 26, 2020 14:33 - 5 minutes - 6.28 MB

I was lecturing at an IAF base, and my host - the assistant base commander - showed me where the bathroom was. When I came out, I washed my hands three times consecutively with a cup and said slowly and with intent the Asher Yatzar blessing that one says after visiting the toilet. My host looked at me wide-eyed, as if I'd suddenly sprouted peacock feathers. "Rabbi," he gasped, "you guys even make a blessing after relieving yourselves?" We sure do! It's the best and cheapest health insurance...

Diamonds and Difficulties

January 23, 2020 20:16 - 7 minutes - 9.68 MB

Who of us doesn't have difficulties or major troubles in life? We all do – that's part of the turf in this world. But today, G-d willing, we're going to look at our difficulties from a different angle. When we do, we'll see something precious that we never saw before. With Hashem's help, we're about to turn our difficulties into priceless diamonds... Click here for the written text of the "Prayer for Turning Difficulties into Diamonds".

SCS: Spiritual Cataract Surgery

January 22, 2020 20:04 - 5 minutes - 7.54 MB

For everything in the physical word, there is an equivalent in the spiritual world. In fact, the spiritual equivalent is the source and spiritual root of that object in the physical world. For example, the same way that the light of the sun acts in photosynthesis to sustain a plant, Divine light acts upon a soul to sustain it in a strikingly similar manner. Just as we have cataract operations to correct cloudy vision in this world, there is SCS, "Spiritual Cataract Surgery" to better the sou...

Bullseye

January 21, 2020 15:55 - 5 minutes - 7.37 MB

A person can score a bullseye in one of two ways. Either he or she can invest years of effort and training to become a champion archer, or he or she can be a slouch, grab a bow, shoot an arrow in the general direction of the target, and then draw the bullseye around wherever his or her arrow lands...

Above the Stars

January 19, 2020 20:47 - 5 minutes - 7.1 MB

In 1982, a squad of 12 Israeli paratroopers organized a midnight séance. They ushered in the soul of their sergeant’s grandfather. The soul said, "Tomorrow, you guys will be joining me…" Is astrology the real deal? What about seances? Are we allowed to consult astrologers and clairvoyants, and depend on what they say? Today's podcast is a concise guide to the perplexed.

Muddy Road

January 18, 2020 22:03 - 1 minute - 59.2 MB Video

Does your life sometimes feel like a muddy road, full of potholes and obstacles that everyone and everything has trampled on? Just when there's no hope...

Control Freak

January 16, 2020 20:53 - 4 minutes - 223 MB Video

Today's podcast comes from the "Ad Halom" Israel Independence War Monument Park in Ashdod. "Ad Halom" in Hebrew means, "until here", to commemorate the most northern point in Israel that the Egyptian Army reached in 1948. Had, they captured Ashdod, there would have been nothing to stop the Egyptians from capturing the entire south of Israel as far as Tel Aviv - Jaffa in the north. But even in Ashdod there was nothing to stop the entire Egyptian Army except for a single-engine Piper piloted b...

The Shoemaker

January 15, 2020 21:34 - 4 minutes - 6.54 MB

A shoemaker and his customer get into an argument about torn soles and torn souls in today's parable for strengthening emuna.

3 Simple Steps to Success

January 14, 2020 21:58 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MB

For many of us, our goals seem like dreams that are impossible to reach. We want them to materialize, but we think they never will. If you think you can't, today you'll learn 3 time-tested tips of how you can and will succeed in whatever you want to accomplish - spiritual, material or both.

A Signed Check from King David

January 13, 2020 21:13 - 5 minutes - 40.8 MB Video

Today's podcast takes us on a 3400-year tour back in history to Ashdod's ancient port citadel. From the scenic backdrop of ancient stones and the blue Mediterranean, we learn how the Book of Psalms resembles the history of the Land of Israel - the digger you deep the more you uncover. We also learn how three significant words invoke a good livelihood and one lone word invokes miraculous salvation, all signed checks from King David.

The Key to Successful Relationships

January 12, 2020 18:27 - 14 minutes - 103 MB Video

In today's video podcast, Rabbi Lazer tells a moving story from the Gemara in Tractate Taanis about Rebbe Yehoshua's encounter in Rome with Caesar and his daughter. When Caesar's daughter saw the renown Jewish sage from the Land of Israel, she asked, "How can such magnificent wisdom be housed in such an ugly vessel?" In explaining this passage of Gemara, its Kabbalistic ramifications and the practical advice each one of us can glean from it, we learn the key to successful relationships. Tod...

Daf Yomi and a Defunct Enemy

January 09, 2020 21:54 - 6 minutes - 8.94 MB

History was made on January 1, 2020 when an unprecedented crowd of over 90,000 Jews filled New Jersey's Metlife Stadium to celebrate the completion of the current cycle of Daf Yomi, the daily page of Gemara learning that enables a person to learn all of the Talmud in seven years, a monumental accomplishment that hundreds of thousand of Jews around the world have achieved. History was made again a mere 48 later on January 3, 2020, when the arch-villain and modern day Haman, Iranian Quds comma...

Directing the Traffic

January 08, 2020 19:18 - 5 minutes - 7.3 MB

Some forty years ago, there was an interesting character whom all of Jerusalem knew and were fondly tolerant of. This was an eccentric old man who stood all day long, rain or shine, in the middle of what was then the only entrance to Jerusalem from the west, helping the traffic lights direct traffic with his cane. The poor guy was a Holocaust survivor, and who knows what the Nazis did to his brain. Yet, why do so many of us act just like him?

The Valiant Leader

January 07, 2020 14:14 - 5 minutes - 7.17 MB

During the difficult years of the Communist Revolution in Russia, the town's rabbi died. The elders of the town wanted the rabbi's son to inherit the position of town rabbi, whereas the young people of the town wanted a stronger, more forceful individual who understands the challenges of the generation. The arguing sides took their case to the Chofetz Chaim; the holy Chofetz Chaim's answer describes the exact type of leader we need today.

Higher than Angels

January 06, 2020 12:49 - 7 minutes - 8.64 MB

Some people look at themselves in a negative light and think that they're unworthy of serving the Almighty, maybe because they've been in such low places and done such kinky things that they think Hashem doesn't want anything to do with them at all. Or, maybe they were born into an observant family and at some point fell off the path, and they think that the Almighty is angry at them; they fear that their Father in Heaven will reject them. Both groups are utterly wrong, as Rabbi Lazer explai...

A Healthy Self-Image

January 02, 2020 21:18 - 6 minutes - 65.4 MB Video

When you feel good about yourself, other people will feel good about you. There are three ways to pursue happiness and to build a healthy self-image: strengthening the body, strengthening the soul, or to understand that body and soul are inseparable and to strengthen both simultaneously. Today's Emuna Beam teaches us how to do that.

King Solomon and Google Search

January 01, 2020 22:38 - 9 minutes - 12 MB

Emuna Beams looks at current events from an emuna perspective. King Solomon says in Ecclesiastes that there's nothing new under the sun. How does that possibly corroborate Google Search and other technological nuances? How does King Solomon's nothing new under the sun synch with today's news, both in Israel and abroad, especially the USA? Today's podcast searches for the answers.

The Right Way to Pray

December 31, 2019 19:15 - 6 minutes - 58.1 MB Video

Despite all the righteous men in our history, we learn the proper and best way to pray from Hannah, the mother of the Prophet Samuel. Hannah's type of prayer overrides nature. This is encouraging and enlightening...

A Healthy National Heart

December 30, 2019 21:17 - 7 minutes - 9.03 MB

There isn't a single one of us that doesn't have a problem that hurts. To understand why, we must look at our spiritual health. We are all limbs of the whole body known as the Jewish People. Oftentimes, the pain in a limb is pain that has been radiated from the heart. In that vein, our individual problems are radiated from our national heart, Jerusalem and the Beit Hamikdash.

Emuna News: The Monsey Attack

December 29, 2019 13:05 - 4 minutes - 6.23 MB

On Saturday night, Dec. 28, 2019, a masked assailant stormed into Rabbi Rottenberg's synagogue on Forshay Avenue in Monsey during the lighting of Chanukah candles. Wielding a machete, he wounded five people, three of whom are in critical condition. The "Emuna News" division of Emuna Beams gives us a spiritual perspective on the attack.

Emuna Beams with Special Guest the Melitzer Rebbe of Ashdod

December 26, 2019 23:02 - 10 minutes - 115 MB Video

Emuna Beams is privileged to host the Melitzer Rebbe shlit'a, one of the Jewish world's most highly regarded scholars and the epitome of upright character and holiness, a great grandson of the Baal Shem Tov and son-after-son of the holy and legendary Rebbe Michel'e of Zlatchov. The Melitzer offers some encouraging thoughts for spiritual strengthening, especially during Chanukah.

Never Enough Love

December 25, 2019 22:10 - 6 minutes - 7.48 MB

Today's podcast has a double message, one for parents and one for children, including young adults and married children. Love is not about things, but about togetherness. In parenting, there is never enough love. A child doesn't become spoiled from an excess of love, but from a sense of entitlement, when he or she thinks that they are entitled to whatever they want. We learn what good parenting really is from our Father in Heaven...

Emuna Beams: Empowering Souls Everywhere

December 24, 2019 11:28 - 51 seconds - 54.1 MB Video

For those who don't yet know us, we are delighted to introduce ourselves: Emuna Beams, the daily soul-strength vitamin podcast with Rabbi Lazer Brody.

Make Yourself Happy

December 23, 2019 21:00 - 8 minutes - 75.2 MB Video

Before you can make others happy, you have to make yourself happy. That's not egotism, but a requisite to emotional health. Therefore, don't do anything unless you want to and it makes you happy. There is, though, one significant exception to that rule - if someone saved your life, you'd be an ingrate by saying, "I don't feel like doing a small favor for that person." Don't forget gratitude...

Chanukah: The Illuminated Awakening

December 22, 2019 18:43 - 5 minutes - 95.6 MB Video

There are two ways to wake a slumbering person: either you make a loud noise or you turn on bright lights. On Rosh Hashanah, Hashem awakens his spiritually-sleeping children with a blast of the Shofar, but on Chanukah, He turns on the brightest of lights...

Deep Roots

December 21, 2019 21:17 - 6 minutes - 247 MB Video

Today, Rabbi Lazer broadcasts from the ancient Sycamore grove in the dunes of the northern Negev Desert south of Ashdod. What's the secret of these trees and their ability to thrive in such an arid climate with winds and shifting sands? These trees are an amazing living parable about the Jewish People...

Finding Your Bashert (Soul Mate)

December 19, 2019 23:13 - 11 minutes - 13.1 MB

Looking for a soul mate and have trouble either finding him/her or gaining clarity if it's the right one, your bashert, intended match for life? Today's podcast is just what you need, whether you're looking for yourself or trying to find the right match for your son or daughter.

The Importance of One

December 18, 2019 19:56 - 5 minutes - 92.9 MB Video

Every blessing in life is like a zero on a check. But even if a check with 20 zeros is made out to you, if there's not a "one" on the left side, it's still worth zero. That "one" on the left side is emuna, the belief that the Almighty is One and His Name is One.

Give Yourself a Break

December 17, 2019 18:35 - 6 minutes - 102 MB Video

Our souls need a break to reboot and reconnect with our Creator and with ourselves. Rabbi Lazer goes out to the dunes on the southern outskirts of Ashdod, to tell about a big favor that you should be doing for yourself.

The Lion Comes to Dinner

December 16, 2019 22:35 - 8 minutes - 11.5 MB

The five brothers sat down together for dinner. Five minutes into the meal, the walls of the condo trembled and a blood-curdling roar thundered from the entrance foyer. Suddenly, a fierce lion charged into the room... What do you do when a lion suddenly enters your life, scaring the wits out of you? Listen to today's surprising podcast, which is designed for the whole family:

Being Alive

December 15, 2019 22:54 - 5 minutes - 7.13 MB

Being alive means to take complete advantage of the moment at hand, without fretting about the past or worrying about the future. This is the key to productivity and maximizing potential, but there's only one way to guarantee both, as we learn in today's podcast...

How to Handle an Unbearable Situation

December 14, 2019 22:40 - 8 minutes - 151 MB Video

This very special video podcast comes from the Gaza border, a short time after a rocket attack from Gaza, with important advice for coping with any severe challenge or overwhelming situation.

The Nail in the Wall

December 12, 2019 22:56 - 10 minutes - 12.6 MB

Could you believe that a brilliant investment banker would be gullible enough to sell his twenty million-dollar mansion in Beverly Hills for a mere hundredth of its value? Listen to today's podcast, which exposes the sly methods of the Yetzer Hara, the evil inclination, who is capable of getting any unsuspecting person to sell his or her priceless soul for a pittance...

Jersey City - Why?

December 11, 2019 21:08 - 9 minutes - 12.9 MB

No one can say that the Jersey City massacre doesn't affect him or her. The Gemara obligates us to engage in serious soul-searching whenever a fellow Jew's life is severed. We must ask ourselves the question - Jersey City, why? Today's podcasts searches for answers.

Proud Past, Promising Future

December 10, 2019 17:47 - 5 minutes - 81.5 MB Video

Rabbi Lazer broadcasts from the amazing actual site of Mishkan Shiloh, the holy Tabernacle in Shiloh located in the heartland of Binyamin. We learn here about what we need both as a nation and as individuals to bring about the Geula, the full redemption of our people. Let's see:

The Flame Within

December 07, 2019 20:39 - 8 minutes - 10.4 MB

Today's podcast is a preparation for Chanuka, which is only a few days away. This holiday is so significant that our sages tell us that all the other holidays will ultimately be cancelled, but not Chanuka - it's eternal. Why? Chanuka is a celebration of the soul and a key to lasting happiness. Let's hear:

The Sweetest Fruit

December 05, 2019 22:08 - 8 minutes - 10.8 MB

The wonderful thing about the sweetness of prayer is that it neither spikes your blood sugar nor is it fattening. Prayer is the sweetest fruit on earth. You know why? When you pray for something, you won't become smug or arrogant when you get it. Oftentimes, if the Almighty knows that we'll become arrogant if He gives us what we want, He simply won't give it. But, the more you pray and the more you depend on God for what you need, the more readily you'll see your prayers answered, and that i...

Is it Really for the Best?

December 03, 2019 23:01 - 6 minutes - 8.44 MB

People with a difficult challenge sometimes think that when we encourage them that everything Hashem does is for the very best, we're just trying to make them feel good. True, we want everyone to feel good, but it's also true that everything Hashem does is for the very best. Let's hear how...

The Power of One

December 02, 2019 22:29 - 4 minutes - 107 MB Video

We all know what makes the body healthy - exercise, a good diet and adequate sleep. But a healthy body doesn't necessarily guarantee a healthy soul. For a healthy soul, we need the power of "One" - let's hear about it in today's episode of Emuna Beams...

Tikkun Haklali: is it beneficial for women?

December 01, 2019 21:53 - 4 minutes - 92.3 MB Video

Rebbe Nachman of Breslev revealed the secret of ten amazing Psalms that when said in order, greatly enhance the personal holiness of men. What's more, the Tikkun Haklali, which in literal translation is "the general remedy", is remarkably conducive to atoning for a breach in a man's personal holiness as well as to the purification of his soul. Is it just as beneficial for women? Today's podcast provides an eye-opening answer...

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