Gedale Fenster - Podcast 10 Steps to optimize your faith
Mar 13, 2026
Explores faith as the root of personal and spiritual healing. Contrasts mind-based belief with heart-led giving and love. Examines giving without reward, humility in using gifts, and how spiritual descents can be growth opportunities. Discusses being present to a hidden yet revealed divine presence and why faith should come before formal study.
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Faith Is The Root Fix For What’s Broken
- Emunah (faith) is the root cause solution to what is broken in life and exile, not just a feeling but a spiritual force.
- Gedale Fenster cites the Baal Sulam and numerical links (52=banim) to show faith's foundational role.
Practice Believing Without Evidence
- Train your mind to believe without seeing by reframing negatives as part of a higher process.
- Fenster recommends practicing optimism when events seem bad and imagining setbacks as pit stops on the yellow brick road.
Give Without Expecting Repayment
- Connect to God by giving and loving others rather than seeking personal gain.
- Fenster urges giving especially when recipients don't reciprocate, because that mirrors the Creator's nature of giving.