About Me!
Hello beautiful soul! My Name is Liel Eden ...
I live in Miami Florida. I didn't grow up with the consciousness of the Creator or a Torah life. ThankGod I grew up in a loving home, my parents being Argentinian, I grew up around a latin culture and was truly so blessed. I love my family so much! But as always, life comes with its hardships. As a baby, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, she made it through, but it resurfaced when I was 8 years old. For the next 3 "dark" years she fought hard, but ultimately, God decided it was her time to go. I was 11 when she passed. And although the difficulty of having a sick family member in your life was gone. A new pain was born, the indescribable darkness that is grief.
A picture of me with my beloved mommy, Gabriela bat Tzvi. May her memory always be a blessing.
For the next few years I struggled a lot internally. I felt the emptiness of not having my mom so deeply. She was my best friend, we had such a close bond and she was gone. I lost my grandfather in that time as well. I grappled with life's existential questions. Feelings of resentment and anger were emotions I struggled with daily. I was in a dark place. Emotianally, physically, mentally. I was in the public school system as well which I found no fulfillment with. Society as a whole, I couldn't connect with any of it. It all felt purposeless. Didn’t see the point of it all. To not get into the details, I had a hard time in middle school. On the surface everything seemed fine, but on the inside I was in so much pain. I cried out every night, in anger and sadness. I cried out for change. I knew I couldn't live this way forever. I cried for salvation to "Something".
Turns out to be, "Something" was listening to me all those tearful nights. In my freshman year of highschool, I went on what's called a shabbaton, a jewish outreach program that brings jewish souls back to their roots. That weekend I left with my soul on fire. The singing hebrew songs of praise with hundreds of teens was what opened me up the most. I felt light inside me in those moments I hadn't felt in a long time. I came home, ordered a chumash, read it from cover to cover. Found that the truth to reality was in the bible. And slowly but surely, an observant Torah life was what I strived for.
The first mitzvah I began to do was say the shema. I learned it word by word, and I began to say it every night and day. I started to do shabbat dinners with my family. The understanding that keeping the Sabbath also applied to Saturdays was something I didn't find out about until months later. Over time I added more prayers into my daily routine. I learned how to read, write, and understand hebrew in order to pray and study more connected. I began to change the way I dress, which was the hardest change for me. I was very immodest in dress, my students don't believe me until I show them pictures. So that change was huge. I put kosher mezuzot all around my house. I fixed up my speech, doing my best to cut out gossip, lies, & negative speech. I started working on my character as well, a key component in living a torah life. Eventually, little by little, my observance of shabbat increased, and today I am totally shomer shabbat. Keeping Kosher was something that took time because of my family. But with time, I keep the laws of kashrut fully. Mind you, I was someone who didn't know you couldn't mix meat with dairy. I was totally secular. So I had a long way to go, with lot's of humbling moments along the way. But overtime, I've become who I am today, someone who tries to abide by the laws of the torah as best I can. Living a life commited to the Creator.
I became obsessed with HaShem, hours of talking to God was changing my life. I started to study the depths of the torah. Eventually I decided to leave school, I got my diploma through a GED test, and dropped out. Instead I dedicated my high school years to in depth torah study. Filling my mind and soul with the light of the torah. Not to long after I started teaching women in my community. I began my instagram account, emunahashem. I thought to myself. My life became so enriched from an awareness of the Creator in my life. I felt it my responsibility to share it with others. Today, I dedicate myself to teaching different groups of women the depths of torah all around Miami. As well as thousands of beautiful souls on the internet. I went from feeling empty, depressed, resentful, having no meaning in my life. To never happier, fulfilled, let go of all resentment and fully at peace. I live a truly happy life. And I mean it when I say that. And it's all a result of living a soulful life. The light of the Torah has the power to transform you and your life. It will fill your soul in ways nothing else can.
A kabbalist once told me my soul's purpose in this world is to learn as much as I can and teach the masses, hinted at in my hebrew name, ליאל Liel. The name starts with the hebrew letter lamed לַ and ends with a lamed לַ. This Hebrew letter stands for both lilmod - to study; and lelamed - to teach. Alluding to my purpose in this world. He told me I will teach thousands of people, not knowing that on a daily bases my instagram videos reach thousands. When I teach, I aim to funnel the light of Torah in a way that sparks transformation and elevates the soul.
I firmly believe that torah study is the number one way to elevate the quality of your life. So it's my focus to spread it to as many souls as I can. Torah study is suppose to be transformational, so the way i teach is aimed at just that. Transforming you to co-create a life you love.
I know the life I lived with out awareness of God and Torah in my life. It pales in comparison to a life with it. I have meaning and purpose. I am happy. Life is abundant and rich. Hence, I feel it my duty to share the guidance of the torah with others, to enrich your life just like it did mine.