Author Archives: Emuna Daily

Accepting our Failures

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“As Hashem knows what’s best for us, we should accept our failures lovingly and with emuna, just as we accept our successes.” ~ The Garden of Emuna

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It’s Not How Much You Have…

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“It’s not how much or how little you have that makes you great or small, but how much or how little you are with what you have.” – R’ Samson Raphael Hirsch zt”l

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Levi

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Just like a blind or lame man should not be called up to read a section of the Torah dealing with blind or lame people, like the halacha states, similarly, only a Levi can be called to read the story … Continue reading →

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The Seudah

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“A person who truly knows what he is doing, can accomplish more through his Purim seudah than during Neilah on Yom Kipper!” ~ R’ Yisrael Salanter zt”l as quoted in Torah Tavlin

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Mini Yom Kippur

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Purim is also a special day of teshuva, a miniature Yom Kippur. Yom Kippurim, the name of Yom Kippur in Hebrew, means ‘A day like Purim.’ Just as teshuva, prayer, and charity invoke Divine compassion and atonement on Yom Kippur, they … Continue reading →

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Drinking Wine on Purim

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Our joy on Purim is not the joy of going crazy. King David said (Psalm 2:11) that we should ‘Be joyful with trembling,’ in other words, we should rejoice while maintaining the awe of Hashem on our foreheads. Especially on … Continue reading →

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Your Spiritual Career

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“If you’re serious about something, it has a fixed time. If you’re earnest about getting something done and the phone rings, you ignore it. The spiritual side of your life is not a hobby nor a luxury — it is … Continue reading →

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Seek it like Silver

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Emuna Daily

The Midrash says that for each moment in which a person refrains from speaking the forbidden, he merits a hidden light that no angel can fathom. “Scripture states: ‘If you will seek it like silver and hunt for it like hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of Hashem, and … Continue reading →

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The Instructions Came First

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“People think that G-d first made a world and then gave us instructions to follow, so we don’t mess it up. The truth is, the instructions came first, and the world was designed as the venue to carry them out. … Continue reading →

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Each of us are Unique

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Just as people’s faces don’t resemble each other, so too their thought processes don’t resemble each other.” (Bamidbar Rabbah 21:2) “The Beis Yisrael, Rabbi Yisrael Alter of Ger, commented on the above Aggadic teaching, saying that one should accept differences … Continue reading →

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