Author Archives: Emuna Daily

If you think about Hashem one minute a day, you’re a great man, an exceptional person. Try it right now. Don’t postpone… All you do is daven three times a day, that’s all you’ll do. Think about Hashem for this minute. You’re … Continue reading →

Imagine that every person you meet has a sign on their forehead that says, “Make me feel important.” ~ R’ Michael Rothschild It would be worthwhile to read this quote a couple more times and then incorporate this into your … Continue reading →

To give good advice to someone, you do not need special talents.  All that is necessary is that you must sincerely love that person.  If his suffering deeply affects you, you will be able to help him with sound advice. … Continue reading →

The Maggid of Kozhnitz taught that one who does a favor for another Jew may give God greater pleasure than by doing a ritual mitzvah; the King certainly derives more pleasure from something done on his child’s behalf than from … Continue reading →

If you will it, it is no dream. ~ Theodor Hertzl

All that is thought need not be said, all that is said need not be written, all that is written need not be published, all that is published need not be read. ~ Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

When I first started learning mussar I became angry at the whole world, but not at myself. Afterward, I became angry at myself also. Finally, I became angry only at myself, and I judged the world l’chav zchus (to the … Continue reading →

We have learned before that when someone speaks Lashon Hara about you, all of your sins are transferred to the speaker and all of his mitzvos are transferred to you.  Quite the exchange! However, halachah teaches that if someone asks … Continue reading →

When a person is in doubt whether something he is doing is good or bad, there is one way he can test this: if he will regret his action, then it is the wrong thing to do. For a person … Continue reading →

It has been a while since we played this game.  This quote, which appears at the end of a certain prayer, made an impression on me recently: “Accept our entreaty and hear our cry, O Knower of mysteries.”  Feel free … Continue reading →