Author Archives: Emuna Daily

The Glass is Half Full

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Even if the chances of success and failure are equal, why worry about failure when you can just as easily hope for success?” ~ Rambam as quoted in Torah Tavlin

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Our First Amen

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“When does a child become worthy of the World to Come?… Rabbi Meir says, From the time that he first says Amen.” ~ Talmud Sanhedrin 110b as quoted by R’ Aryeh Kaplan zt”l

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Sudden Unexplained Happiness

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Sometimes you walk along and suddenly you are so happy, yet you don’t know why.  Rebbe Nachman says it is because, at that moment, they declared in Heaven to give you something, even if it might only arrive in a … Continue reading →

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A Rational Approach to the Divine Origin of Judaism

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Below is a fantastic video which I felt compelled to share.   If you have time now or over the long weekend, I highly recommend you watch this.    Is there a rational basis to believe that Judaism is true? … Continue reading →

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What Yours Words Create

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Emuna Daily

The Torah decrees: “Lo yachel devaro” – Do not violate your word.  The word yachel relates to the word chalul – hollow.  A person must realize that his words are not empty and hollow, but rather they give rise to … Continue reading →

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Young Aryeh Leib

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Emuna Daily

R’ Aryeh Leib, son of the Chofetz Chaim, was a child genius.  Once he had the occasion to present a Talmudic lecture to a group of exceptional scholars, whom he dazzled by resolving a difficult problem raised in the Shaagas … Continue reading →

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Proportionate Response

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Rabbi Zadok of Lublin used to say that whenever you think of Hashem, He is thinking of you; but Hashem thinks of you in proportion to the amount of consciousness with which you think of Him.  To put it in … Continue reading →

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Exploiting a Setback

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Failure is wasted if you return only to the place from where you fell.  If your plans fail, think bigger, aim higher.” ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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Crucial Lesson on Judging Favorably

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Emuna Daily

The Baal Shem Tov taught that man decides his own punishment for his transgressions.  “He is given the opportunity to view someone else doing exactly what he did, in a slightly camouflaged form, and in a fit of righteous indignation … Continue reading →

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Famous Gemara

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“A person is obligated to recite a blessing over the bad just as he recites a blessing over the good.” ~ Berachos 54a

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