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Living With Emunah (Part 183): Wake Up

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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Hashem? How do we feel his presence every day in our life? Never panic, never be anxious, never be worried, but how do we feel his presence in our life each and every day? How do we feel elevated? How do we feel enriched? So, a sikkum, this is a summary of what we've seen so far, and it appears Reb Chaim Vital provides it himself in the safer. And he writes, "The perek says baruch Hashem d'veikus. In this chapter we've spoken about and we have examined the different path towards acquiring how to live with God, d'veikus. Don't get anxious, don't get worried, but remain optimistic. And what are they? Shame and emunah. Number one, and faith. The recognition there is someone and something much greater than ourselves. We are not the end all and be all. We are not the beginning and the end. We cannot take credit. There is a creator and he is in charge. There is a melech malchei hamlachim. There is a king and he pulls the strings. That our life is not filled with randomness and chance and happenstance, but our life is by design. Hisbonenus v'hargasha. We have to be contemplative and we have to allow ourselves to feel and how important these qualities are in our time in

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