Since October 7th, life in Israel has been measured in sirens, seconds to shelter, and the quiet, almost suspicious, relief of a full night’s sleep. We have learned how to function inside uncertainty—how to drink coffee with one ear always listening, how to smile while scanning for the nearest safe room, how to carry on while carrying so much.

And now, when there are pauses—when rockets stop, when headlines speak of “ceasefires”—we are told, in a sense, to exhale.

But the truth is, many of us don’t know how.

Because alongside the relief comes something else: discomfort. Even disappointment. A quiet, uneasy question—is this really peace, or just a pause? And deeper still: what does it mean, as a person with emunah, to sit in that tension?

On one hand, emunah teaches us that everything is בידיים של הקב״ה (in the hands of Hashem). That there is a larger plan, even when we cannot see it. We say Tehillim (Psalms), we whisper prayers, we remind ourselves of the words: “ה׳ ילחם לכם ואתם תחרישון”— Hashem will fight for you, and you shall remain........

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