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Don’t beat yourself up

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Be careful not to consider yourself wicked.  Such a person will not even attempt to improve himself and is likely to become worse than he already is.” ~ R’ Avraham Ben HaRambam zt”l from Torah Tavlin

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Put your Trust in the Right Place

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Emuna Daily

The story is told of one of the pious whose neighbor, a skilled scribe, supported himself from what he earned in the practice of his art.  One day the pious man asked his neighbor, “How are you faring?”  “Fine,” he … Continue reading →

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Who just said that?

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Emuna Daily

If both a friend and an enemy give you advice, you can be sure that the enemy wishes to mislead you.  When an idea comes into one’s mind, one should ask himself, “What is the source of this idea, the … Continue reading →

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Love Thy Neighbor

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Emuna Daily

They asked Rabbi Schneur Zalman: “Which is greater: love of G‑d, or love of your fellow man?” “Love of your fellow man,” he replied. “For then you are loving the one that your Beloved loves.”

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Revolution

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Emuna Daily

If you were there and the Romans or the Babylonians were about to destroy Jerusalem and you had the power to do something about it, would you sit and mourn and cry? Or would you turn the world upside down … Continue reading →

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Help me Feel it!

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Emuna Daily

There was once a girl who was davening at the Kotel on Tisha B’Av and crying. Her friends asked her what she was crying about. They wondered what she really felt.  She replied that she was crying because she didn’t know … Continue reading →

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Nisht Shabbos Geret

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“A chasid once discovered a gap in his fence on Shabbos and planned to repair it.  He then remembered that it was Shabbos and, regretting that he had entertained mundane thoughts on Shabbos, decided never to make the repair.  A … Continue reading →

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A Greater Debt

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Rabbi Yechiel Mordeichai Gordon used to say that a sour face is comparable to an open pit in the public domain.  One’s negative demeanor can be contagious, causing others to be infected with this germ of depression.  The Talmud states … Continue reading →

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Appreciation

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Detrimental [to trust in Hashem] is ignorance of the Creator and His good attributes.  For whoever fails to appreciate the Creator’s compassion for his creatures, His protection of them, His providence, dominion, and control over them ,will not be confident … Continue reading →

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Patient Endurance

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“We’re capable of patiently enduring any difficulty in life when we believe that everything comes from Hashem and that everything is for the best.  Patient endurance, the result of emuna, paves the road to genuine tranquility.  Genuine tranquility means a … Continue reading →

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