{"id":662,"date":"2014-04-25T17:28:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T17:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2014-04-27T17:29:38","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T17:29:38","slug":"%d7%99%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%95-date-25-nissan-5774-42514-beitzah26-eliezer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d5 Date: 25 Nissan, 5774 (4\/25\/14) \u2013 Beitzah#26 {Eliezer}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">FAITH<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[26a middle] <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Gemarah<\/span>: One must examine a <em>Bechor<\/em> (first-born) animal for a permanent blemish on <em>YomTov<\/em> [if the animal has one, it then becomes permissible to the owner].<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R\u2019 Binyomin Adler<\/span>: Just like we have to examine <em>Bechors<\/em> for a blemishes, we are required to examine ourselves at all times for any blemishes that would technically render us unfit for serving <em>Hashem<\/em>. It is said that G-d desires the ones who are broken-hearted. How can we be broken-hearted yet simultaneously be in states of perfection that allow us to serve <em>Hashem<\/em>? The answer is that when we are contrite and recognize our unworthiness, that is the perfection that G-d is seeking. It is truly the broken-hearted people who can serve <em>Hashem<\/em> with pure faith.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>E\u2019s Lesson<\/strong><\/span>: We cannot let G-d into our lives if our egos are in the way. Additionally, FAITH is only truly shown when we are tested the greatest. It is easy to thank Hashem when things are going well. The real test comes when we are down, beaten and broken. Are we able to say \u201cGam Zu Latovah\u201d (this too is for the good) in harsh times? Our true test of Emunah (faith) is in the hard times and that is what Hashem craves from us; CLOSENESS, when we have chance to perceive a false distance.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH [26a middle] Gemarah: One must examine a Bechor (first-born) animal for a permanent blemish on YomTov [if the animal has one, it then becomes permissible to the owner]. R\u2019 Binyomin Adler: Just like we have to examine Bechors for a blemishes, we are required to examine ourselves at all &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gemarah-beitzah","category-l4l-by-eliezer","column","twocol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}