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No Getting Out of It

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Emuna Daily

One should not say “Why should I bother learning the laws of loshon hara? Instead I will just accustom myself to remain silent.  Often one is required to speak about other people.  Therefore, he must learn the laws of what … Continue reading →

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Infinite Ways

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Emuna Daily

There is nothing in the world from which you cannot learn a way of serving the Lord, may He be Blessed.  ~ The Kotzker Rebbe

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Lighten your Load

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Emuna Daily

When your heart is heavy and full of anxiety, you can lighten it with enthusiastic prayer to the Almighty. ~ R’ Bunim of Parshischo zt”l

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Small Mitzvah

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Emuna Daily

The attitude of one who fears Hashem is to be just as scrupulous  with a small mitzvah as a big one, because no matter the level of the mitzvah, they are all the same in the sense that they are given by Hashem. … Continue reading →

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I Do Not Know

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Emuna Daily

Many times Rashi writes in his interpretation: “I do not know what this teaches us.”  Would it not have been preferable for him to have written nothing?  We learn from this, if you do not know the meaning of something … Continue reading →

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The Welfare of Others

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Emuna Daily

When you envy the good fortune of others, you destroy your own happiness and well-being.  On the other hand, when you sincerely wish for the welfare of others, you give them heartfelt blessings.  In the process of making others feel … Continue reading →

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Words go Much Deeper

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Emuna Daily

Speaking hurtfully to someone is worse than hitting him.  When you hit someone, you affect his body.  Words go much deeper.  Moreover, bruises eventually heal.  But the negative effects of words may never be healed.  ~ The Vilna Gaon

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Increase the Power

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Emuna Daily

One who does a Mitzvah  and serves Hashem with Simchah actually causes their Yetzer Tov to increase in power. ~ Seifer Eglei Tal According to Kabbalah, when a boy turns 13, he receives a new Neshama, which is actually the Yetzer Tov.  This … Continue reading →

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Life

Posted on June 29, 2017 by Emuna Daily

The best way to gain a proper perspective about life is to visit a cemetery.  ~ Chayai Hamussar

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Idolatry

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Emuna Daily

The Torah’s prohibitions of making statues and bowing down to them additionally apply in contemporary terms, expressed today through submission to the forces that one perceives as controlling one’s sustenance, be it one’s employers, the larger system of powers that … Continue reading →

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