Monthly Archives: August 2011

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“Whoever speaks loshon hora raises his sins to the Heavens.”  Talmud Arachin 15b

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Wherever I see deficiency…

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“Rabbi Nathan of Breslev, Rebbe Nachman’s prime disciple, always used to say, ‘Wherever I see deficiency, either there was no prayer or insufficient prayer.’  Consequently, sufficient prayer can invoke a solution to any problem.”  ~ The Garden of Emuna

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The Instructions came First

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Emuna Daily

People think that G-d first made a world and then gave us instructions to follow, so we won’t mess it up. The truth is, the instructions came first, and the world was designed as the venue to carry them out.  Therefore, … Continue reading →

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Create an Environment

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“My father said ‘A chassid creates an environment. If he does not, he had better check his own baggage carefully, to see whether his own affairs are in order. The very fact that he fails to create an environment should … Continue reading →

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Why Worry?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“Even if the chances of success and failure are equal, why worry about failure when you can just as easily hope for success?” ~ Rambam

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Advice on Anger

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Emuna Daily

Prepare yourself with this meditation, and when you feel anger overcoming you, run through it in your mind: Know that all that befalls you comes from a single source, that there is nothing outside of that oneness to be blamed … Continue reading →

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Powerful Video for Tisha B’av

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Emuna Daily
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D’var Torah for Tisha B’av

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Emuna Daily

One of the few segments of Torah we are permitted to study on Tisha B’av is a section in the 5th chapter of Gittin. The Gemorah relays that in response to his several counts of violating the holiness of the Beis Hamikdash … Continue reading →

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Quill of the Heart

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“The mouth is the quill of the heart” ~ Chovos HaLevovos. In other words, the mouth expresses the contents of the heart.  A mouth that spews venom can only be the outlet of a heart that produces it.  ~ Chofetz … Continue reading →

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The deepest of the deep

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“If I say to G-d, ‘I want to build a highway between people’s hearts, because I know how to do it,’ G-d says, ‘Don’t call me, I’ll call you.    But, if I say to G-d, ‘I have no idea … Continue reading →

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