Author Archives: Emuna Daily

“Making a Living”

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“The common conception of how it works is faulty.  Some see a career as making a living.  A career doesn’t make anything.  What you receive is generated above, in a spiritual realm.  Your “business” is to set up a channel to … Continue reading →

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Eat In Order to Pray

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“It is better to eat in order to pray than to pray in order to eat!” ~ R’ Shalom Ber of Lubavatich zt”l (Torah Tavlin)

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Avoda

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Our teacher the Baal Shem Tov said: Every single thing one sees or hears is an instruction for his conduct in the service of G-d. This is the idea of Avoda, service, to comprehend and discern in all things a … Continue reading →

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Photographs

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“I keep many pictures of my children and grandchildren on the walls of my home.  I want to be able to constantly look at them and remember the great kindness which the Almighty has bestowed upon me!” ~ R’ Moshe … Continue reading →

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No Bother

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Rabbi Zeira said: When a person has a friend, the more he asks him for things and borrows from him, the more the latter detests him and repulses him.  But this is not true of God.  The more a person … Continue reading →

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Not Impossible

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“If it were impossible to keep the laws of loshon hora, Hashem would never have written them in His Torah.” ~ Chofetz Chaim

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A Container

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“A container is defined by its contents: A pitcher of water is water. A crate of apples is apples. A house, too, is defined by what it contains. Fill your house with books of Torah, and your house becomes a … Continue reading →

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Everything, Not “Almost” Everything

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Emuna Daily

Everything is for the best – this level of emuna is not some spiritual plateau that few can obtain.  The Code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Oruch, Orach Chaim 230:5) requires each of us to believe that everything Hashem does is … Continue reading →

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The Most Real Thing in the World

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Emuna Daily

The more real a thing is the less you can see it.  After you reach the level where you see all those things which are not to be seen, then you open your eyes and everything is clear to you, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Kill a Moment

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Every moment has two faces: It is a moment defined by the past from which it extends and by the future to which it leads.  And it is a moment for itself, with its own meaning, purpose and life. Don’t … Continue reading →

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