Author Archives: Emuna Daily

The Right Mate

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Az es kumt der basherter, vert es in tsvai verter.  The right mate comes with a first date.

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You ever throw out a Diamond?

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Shlomo Carlebach was delivering a noon-time lecture to Jewish members of Manhattan’s Diamond Dealers Club,  when a truculent man suddenly interrupted and challenged him belligerently.  “Shlomo!” he demanded, “We love your music, and your hasidishe meisalach (hasidic tales) are also … Continue reading →

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We are One

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Emuna Daily

The Jewish people are one. A Jew putting on tefillin in America affects the safety of a Jewish soldier in Israel. Please daven and do mitzvos for Shalom ben Shoshana Chana.  May he have a refuah sheleima!

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Why are we here?

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Emuna Daily

You’re in this world in order to see if you’re going to understand how good the world is. Will you thank Hashem every day that you have food? Will you thank Him in the morning that He gives you life? Do you … Continue reading →

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Fool

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Emuna Daily

“You can’t fool G-d, and you can’t fool other people.  The only one you can fool is yourself.  And what is the achievement of fooling a fool?” ~ R’ Shmuel of Lubavitch from Chicken Soup for the Neshama

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Best Efforts

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Emuna Daily

The wisest of men declared, “Whatever you are able to do with your might, do it.” (Koheles 9:10), meaning that even if one feels he cannot fulfill a given mitzvah in all its fine points, nevertheless, he should strive to … Continue reading →

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Dancing in the Rain + Segulah Today!

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Emuna Daily

“Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s about learning to dance in the rain!” Additionally, there is a segulah for parnasah and hatzlacha from the Shlah Hakadosh on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Nissan which is the month of … Continue reading →

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Digging a Pit

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Az me grubt a grub far yenem, falt men alain arein. If you dig a pit for someone else, you fall in it yourself.

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Tooth Extraction

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Emuna Daily

While waiting in a dentist’s office in Jerusalem, Rabbi Noson Tzvi Finkel heard the groans of a patient who was having a tooth extracted.  Rabbi Finkel expressed his feelings of sorrow for that person and immediately stood up and prayed for his welfare. ~ Hameoros Hagdolim

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The Antithesis of Torah Study

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Talmud Yerushalmi (Pe’ah 1:1) states that the reward for studying Torah is equivalent to that of all other mitzvos combined, and the punishment for speaking loshon hora is equivalent to that of all other sins combined.

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