Truth Truth is one of the pillars upon which the world rests Avot 1:18). The core of Judaism is the conviction that whatever is true is also good and beautiful. One of the 7 characteristics of a wise man listed in the Ethics of the Fathers is that of acknowledging the truth (Avot 5:9)

("truth"): Emet is the spiritual state associated with the sefirah of yesod. For further explanation see: The Powers of the Soul-- Emet. Emunah ("faith"): Emunah is the spiritual state associated with the inner experience of the highest of the three "heads" of keter, the riesha dlo ityada ("unknowable head"). 2. the belief that no matter what G-d does, it is all ultimately for the greatest good, even if it does not appear so to us presently. See bitachon. For further explanation see: The Powers of the Soul-- Emunah.