Author Archives: Emuna Daily

Achashverosh was a fool: first he killed his wife at the urging of his friend, and then he killed his friend at the urging of his wife. ~ Yalkut Shimoni

The hardest thing in the world is to change yourself. The easiest, is to fool yourself.

You are needed to illuminate your environment with Torah and service of the heart (prayer). Livelihood and what you need – that, God must provide for you.  You do what you must, and God will do what He must. ~ … Continue reading →

Would He who implants the ear not hear?  Would He who forms the eye not see? ~ Tehillim 94:9

If I was offered to trade placed with Abraham Our Father, I wouldn’t do it.  What would God get from this?  He’d still have one Abraham and one Zushe! ~ R’ Zushe of Anipoli zt”l

A person shouldn’t be upset that his cup is only half full, because his cup us actually entirely full, only his cup isn’t as tall as he thought it was.  ~ The Skulener Rebbe zt”l

One must have mesirat nefesh (total self-sacrifice and dedication) for the love of a fellow Jew, even towards a Jew whom one has never seen… ~ The Baal Shem Tov

In material matters, one who is “satisfied with his lot” (Pirkei Avos 4:1) is an individual of the highest quality; a person possessing this trait will attain the highest levels. In spiritual matters, however, to be satisfied with one’s lot … Continue reading →

A person should take leave of his friend only with a word of halachah, for through this he will remember him. ~ Talmud Berachos 31b

No man can touch the livelihood destined for his fellow. ~ Talmud Yoma 38b