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We believe that Moshiach will come and our exile will end soon.

How can we strengthen this belief?

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How do you strengthen belief in anything? –  Seth J Jul 20 '12 at 14:20
I disagree with the premise that we believe he will come soon. We believe he will come, and we hope it will be soon. –  Dov F Jul 20 '12 at 15:09
This a very good study and this is si different than I was taught. The whole study onMoshiach is so hard to teach right. The big thing is to teach it right. He is not G-d like Christian teach he is very special but he is a man. –  user1877 Sep 6 '12 at 1:38

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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 heard that the Rambam says that there is no point of learning about what will happen around Mashiach because it "doesn't make one love Hashem or fear Hashem." –  Hacham Gabriel Apr 11 '13 at 19:43
@HachamGabriel I would like to see your source for this seeing as in his Mishneh Torah in Hilchos Melachim he does just that. –  user1292 Apr 11 '13 at 19:56
@mochinrechavim His Mishne Torah spends very little time on specifics. I too would like to see this quote inside. –  Double AA Apr 11 '13 at 20:02
@doubleAA see yad ch. 12 end of halacha 2 –  Shmuel Brin Apr 11 '13 at 23:01
Thanks @ShmuelBrin ולעולם לא יתעסק אדם בדבר ההגדות ולא יאריך במדרשות האמורים בענינים אלו וכיוצא בהן ולא ישימם עיקר שאין מביאין לא לידי יראה ולא לידי אהבה וכן לא יחשב הקצין אמרו חכמים תפח רוחם של מחשבי הקצים אלא יחכה ויאמין בכלל הדבר כמו שבארנו: –  Hacham Gabriel Apr 11 '13 at 23:07

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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