We believe that Moshiach will come and our exile will end soon.
How can we strengthen this belief?
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IIRC, R' Shalom Arush states in his book The Garden of Emuna that If you say something over and over again, you will increase your belief (emuna) in it. Therefore, anyone who says the section from Ani Maamin that deals with the Moshiach will increase his belief in his coming over time. Unfortunately I do not remember which page he says this on. |
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe says in a sicha (Tazria-Metzora; Sefer HaSichos 5751) that the direct way to bring Moshiach is to learn about Moshiach and Geula. How can you believe in something that you have no clue about? Moshiach is not just a idea or a philosophy, Moshiach is a man of flesh and blood. Geulah is not just an idea either, it is an physical reality that we will physically experience. The Lubavitcher Rebbe pushed the Kehot (official Lubavitcher Publishing Company) to compile and print a set of seforim called "Yalkut Inyanei Geulah U'Moshiach for this very reason. The seforim source everything from Tanach, Talmud, Midrash, Rishionim, all the way up to current day Jewish leaders, Chassidic, Sephardi, and even Litvish. Just like you cant appreciate nuclear physics or the process of brain surgery, how can you "believe", "appreciate", and "yearn" for Moshiach and Geulah if you have not the slightest clue what either mean? |
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I've found that it sometimes helps to listen or read about stories of great rabbis who possessed this true emunah. When you hear about how they would actually make active decisions based on their faith of the redemption, it could stir up such feelings in you. (At least from my personal experience.) For example, I heard of a great rabbi (perhaps Rabbi Moshe teitelbaum - the great great grandfather of the last Samar rebbe?) who actually hired and paid somebody to be his shomer - guard - who would wake him up from his sleep immediately if he would hear the blasts of the shofar that herald the coming of the messiah |
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