Emunah Quotes

Ani ma’amin, b’emunah shelemah B’viat, haMashiach ani ma’amin I believe with perfect faith in the coming of Messiah And even though He may tarry, yet will I wait for Him every day.

I used to wonder why God saved certain people just because they decided to adopt one particular set of beliefs over another. But as James pointed out, Satan himself believes the truth about God and Jesus (James 2:19); and just knowing that doesn’t redeem him! But while Satan may have the right beliefs, he cannot say that he has emunah — a committed faithfulness to the Lord. What God asks for goes beyond an academic decision to believe that a certain set of facts are true. He wants faith in his promises that results in steadfast faithfulness to him.

Pistis does not signify mere acknowledgment of a truth claim, or stand, in contrast to works. Rather, like Heb ’emunah, it signifies loyalty and trust, which include appropriate behavior; hence, faithfulness. Where Paul contrasts faithfulness to deeds, he is actually contrasting two different propositions for two different groups (non-Jews or Jews), and thus two different ways of being faithful (by non-Jews, apart from circumcision and thus not under Mosaic covenant obligations because they do not become Jews/Israelites; by Jews, including circumcision and concomitant Mosaic covenant obligations). Paul opposes the idea that the faithfulness of Christ-following Gentiles should be measured by the obligation of faithfulness to proselyte conversion, which he indicates generally by reference to “circumcision” or “works of law.” Later, in the argument of Romans, especially chs 6–8; 11–15, Paul defines the faithful lifestyle expected of Gentiles.

I give praise and honor to the Holy one of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob for the blessing of motherhood.

I would never escape my own destruction unless I learned how to look back without turning into a pillar of salt.

The worst thing anyone can endure,” Grandma declares, “is to live your whole life with somebody who wants to be somewhere else.

In the synagogue they read that week’s parashah, Lekh Lekha, Genesis 12-17, and I am reminded of how the Rosh

יראת התאמצה נורא לשנות את תמיר (בעלה, ע"ו), אך ככל שהתאמצה, תמיר נשאר תמיר: חכם ופתוח, ירא שמיים וטוב לב, כלומר מתאים אחד על אחד לרשימת התכונות שהיא חיפשה בחתנה ומצאה בו בחודשיים וחצי שיצאה איתו עד שהם התארסו, אבל אוי כמה חסר מעוף. וכמובן יפה תואר, גבה קומה ורחב כתפיים כמו הגבר שהיא תמיד חלמה שיהיה לה, אבל אוי כמה משעמם. ואוי כמה אדיש, כמה לא מודע אפילו לכל מה שאותה מרגש ומסעיר…

On September 16, 2020—the fourth anniversary of Crutcher’s death—religious leaders from Tulsa’s churches and temples gathered outside a midtown Unitarian Church to commemorate Crutcher and to endorse the message that “Black Lives Matter.” Rabbi Dan Kaiman of Congregation B’Nai Emunah said, “We… see a need, the need, right now to hold up this phrase, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ and to reclaim it for our lives, for all our lives, here in Tulsa. We do not view this phrase, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ as political speech but as a declaration of something that should be obvious but is not.”33

Fear is nothing but an opportunity to practice Faith.

There is no rule without an exception except for this one. (Which, of course, makes it an exception to the rule)