{"id":98853,"date":"2022-11-20T04:10:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T02:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/?p=98853"},"modified":"2022-11-20T04:10:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T02:10:32","slug":"in-good-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/in-good-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"In Good Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Good Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A completely irreligious Jew once approached me and related his problem. Afterward, he asked for my blessing. \u201cResolve to begin wearing tefillin, to observe Shabbat and <em>taharat hamishpachah<\/em>, and I promise you deliverance,\u201d was my answer.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who found this difficult to accept, tried to wheedle his way out. \u201cFor such a simple problem, you are asking me to pay too steep a price,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to be rescued, these are my terms. You are required to uphold Hashem\u2019s mitzvot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the spot, he had a complete change of heart. He accepted the yoke of Hashem\u2019s Kingship upon himself. He decided that he would keep the mitzvot. From where did this man draw his determination to make a 180-degree turnabout?<\/p>\n<p><em>It was undoubtedly due to the strong roots which are implanted in Am Yisrael from their beginning. These are the roots of solid faith in Hashem, which have become deeper and stronger over the years of our challenge-riddled history. These roots have the power to bring back the most recalcitrant of souls. They are what brought this man back to his Father<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Good Faith A completely irreligious Jew once approached me and related his problem. Afterward, he asked for my blessing. \u201cResolve to begin wearing tefillin, to observe Shabbat and taharat hamishpachah, and I promise you deliverance,\u201d was my answer. The man, who found this difficult to accept, tried to wheedle his way out. \u201cFor such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":58901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1092],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-am-yisrael"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rdpinto.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}