Monthly Archives: June 2014

The Prayer of Alenu

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Emuna Daily

I found a manuscript relating a tradition that one should recite Alenu with awe and reverence…. All the hosts of heaven hear it, and the Blessed Holy One and His heavenly family rise and respond, “Happy is the one who … Continue reading →

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The Here and Now

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Emuna Daily

What will be in the next moment is not in this one now. It does not yet exist. It has yet to be created. When its time comes, then it will be created by the Creator of all things, out … Continue reading →

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Seek

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Az me zucht, gefint men. If you seek, you will find.

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Slow Down

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Emuna Daily

A student of Rabbi Eliyahu Dov Lazerovitz was once walking with him to the yeshiva.  They started out at a very brisk pace, then all of the sudden Rabbi Lazerovitz slowed down to a snail’s pace.  The student asked him … Continue reading →

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2 Ears and 1 Mouth

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Emuna Daily

“Why did G-d create us with two ears but one mouth? To teach us to listen twice as much as we speak.” ~ R’ Moshe Herson

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Without Sin on Shavuos

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Shavuos is the only Biblical festival in connection with which the Torah does not command that a Korban Chatas – sin offering, be brought.  For on Shavuos, the day on which the Torah was received, every Jew is in the … Continue reading →

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A Living Example

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Emuna Daily

“If one wants his son to grow up to become a talmid chacham, he must be a living example of sincerity in Torah learning. ~ R’ Yehchezkel Levenstein zt”l from Torah Tavlin

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A Penny at Hand

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Emuna Daily

 A noventer groshen iz besser vi a veiter kerbel. A penny at hand is worth a dollar at a distance.

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