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Emuna does not mean that you have to look at your life and view it as perfect.  When you are really feeling pain, that too can and must be part of your emuna. It is all from Hashem. ~ R’ … Continue reading →

Everything that goes on in one’s home is chessed.  People think they are only raising children and doing nothing more.  But to nurture children in Torah and Yiras Shamayim – this is chessed and Torah! ~ R’ Shalom Schwadron zt”l

A wagoner complained to the Chofetz Chaim that in a short time, three horses that provided his livelihood died. The Chofetz Chaim was shaken to hear such words.  “God forbid!  Do you hear what you are saying? Is it the … Continue reading →

A promise is only so much sound in the air – until it is carried out. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe

“A righteous man eats to his soul’s fulfillment, but the stomach of the wicked is empty” (Proverbs 13:25). A tzadik is carefree, for his is happy with whatever God gives him every day and confident that the next day God … Continue reading →

Happiness is the direct result of complete emuna in Hashem.  A person with emuna needs no other preconditions to be happy.  He keeps an even keel no matter how difficult life is.  He’s simply happy with is lot in life. … Continue reading →

The Netziv writes, “If someone will ask you: Which approach of Torah study should I follow, and which mitzvos should I focus on the most? Reply ‘Follow your heart.’ (Koheles 11:9). Wherever your heart pulls you is a sign that … Continue reading →

On Har Sinai, the Jews were able to actually visualize the words of Hashem.  So too, a parent must make sure that his child can observe and truly visualize every word he is taught. Sometimes, action speak louder than words.  … Continue reading →

The most important thing is, don’t give up.  Because even if you are in such a place and you absolutely don’t see God because it is so bad where you are, and so dirty, and you are so far gone, … Continue reading →

With emuna, we save ourselves untold anguish.  We know that Hashem has a reason for everything. Even if something is not to our liking, we can reconcile ourselves to the fact that this is Hashem’s will. As soon as we … Continue reading →