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Minimum Requirements

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Emuna Daily

When you clarify your real needs to keep alive, you will see that minimum requirements for food and lodging are relatively inexpensive.  Hence when you worry about financial problems you are usually worrying about what can be defined as luxuries. … Continue reading →

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Many Other Ways

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Emuna Daily

If you are not able to obtain the money you want in the manner you originally expected, the Almighty has many other ways and means by which you can acquire that money. ~ Chovos Halvovos

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Prof. Dumbledore

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Emuna Daily

I agree with Harry Potter’s Professor Dumbledore that it is the decisions we make, rather than the intellectual gifts with which we are endowed, that are ultimately the measure of the human being and the life that one lives.  ~ … Continue reading →

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A Spiritual Force

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Emuna Daily

Man’s power of speech is a spiritual force and it has great effect in the higher spheres.  Consequently, the damage wrought by improper speech in the higher worlds is severe and awesome.  And the greater the damage, the greater is … Continue reading →

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The Lottery Ticket and the Chofetz Chaim

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Emuna Daily

A man once said to the Chofetz Chaim, “Rabbi, I have just bought a lottery ticket.  The winner of the lottery will receive a very large amount of money.  Could I please have a blessing from you that I will … Continue reading →

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Two Scripts

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Emuna Daily

Two ways you could write your life: “I am so small, and I make such stupid messes that even if the Creator of this magnificent universe had some plan for me, by now He must have given up. So I … Continue reading →

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Wealth

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Emuna Daily

A person acquires wealth and then the wealth acquires the person. ~ Keser Chochmah

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Worry

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Emuna Daily

All worries are forbidden, except when one worries about his worrying. ~ R’ Yisroel Salanter zt”l

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The Present

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Emuna Daily

If a person constantly focuses on the future in his present moments, he entirely loses out on his present moments.  When the future finally becomes the present, he will continue to focus on the future of that future.  Hence he … Continue reading →

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Afraid

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Emuna Daily

A God-fearing person who slept alone in the wilderness was asked “Aren’t you afraid of wild animals?  How can you sleep out here?” He replied, “I would be embarrassed if the Almighty were to see that I was afraid of … Continue reading →

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