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Bring Good News

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Emuna Daily

The more good news you bring your Creator, the less need you will have to complain about the opposite. Meditate on those things you have to be thankful for. Express your thanks out loud. The number of things to kvetch … Continue reading →

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Little by Little

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Emuna Daily

If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you’ll end up not doing anything for anybody. ~ Malcolm Bane

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The Good Old Days

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Don’t waste your time saying that the good old days were different. Of course they were different. But right now is the good old days. I’ll tell you a secret. Someday they’ll see today as the good old days. These are the good … Continue reading →

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Telling your spouse loshon hora

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Relating loshon hora to one’s spouse is not less forbidden than when relating it to anyone else. ~ Sefer Chofetz Chaim

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When some boys stopped attending Hebrew School

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Several Bar-Mitzva age boys stopped attending Hebrew school. A concerned shliach took the teenagers to visit the Lubavitcher Rebbe, hoping the Rebbe would convince them to continue seeking a Jewish education. “Tell me,” the Rebbe asked the first boy, “why … Continue reading →

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Honor Destroys

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Honor destroys both the body and the soul. It is disgraceful for me to be addressed as, “Our master and teacher,” since I am neither. I wish to be addressed only as “The one who loves us and seeks our … Continue reading →

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The Power of Thoughts

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Emuna Daily

When studying subjects dealing with tragedy, such as the laws of mourning, do not delve too deeply. One should not probe too deeply into these matters, for thoughts have great power. These subjects should therefore be covered as rapidly as … Continue reading →

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Interesting thought on Ezer Kenegdo

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Emuna Daily

On the Torah’s statement that a wife was created as “ezer kenegdo, a helpmate against him,” the Talmud explains “If he is worthy, she is a helpmate. If he is not worthy, she is against him.” R’ Yisroel Salanter zt”l … Continue reading →

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With What Merit will you Come to the World of Truth With?

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Emuna Daily

With what merit will I come to the World of Truth? Torah? Do I truly have Torah? Fear of Heaven? Do I truly have fear of Heaven? ….With but one merit will I come – That I love Jews! ~ … Continue reading →

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