Author Archives: Emuna Daily

It is not, as people think, that a lack of achievement leads to despair and minimal diligence. On the contrary, it is despair and a lack of diligence which prevent achievement, for as Chazel tell us, one who seeks to … Continue reading →

Anything that is important enough for you to do is important enough for you to do better. ~ R’ Yisroel Reisman

People like to say that it’s a spoiled generation, that we’re raising self-centered children. I want to recommend a gift you can give your children which will thrill them, and it is also guaranteed to make them better people. Instead … Continue reading →

If the Torah obligates us to return lost objects, how much more so must we return them their lost souls!  ~ The Chofetz Chaim zt”l If you are looking to get into kiruv or just want to learn with someone, … Continue reading →

Rabbi Nachman says, “The world exists only because of a person who makes himself into nothing.” Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less. ~ Gedale Fenster

It disgusts me to see them acquiring and acquiring – another hat, a second silk dress. We need only one of a thing. Maybe two if it’s shoes. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

Prayer has to come from your heart.  It’s got to come from, “Hashem, I don’t need this, I don’t need that, I just need You!”  If that’s your prayer, you don’t even have to tell Him what you need.  Because … Continue reading →

Nothing is small, because everything you do for Hashem and for other people is forever.  ~ Rav Avigdor Miller zt”l

What determines the direction of a sailboat, the wind or the sails?  It can’t be the wind, because sometimes you see sailboats going in opposite directions. So clearly, it’s the sails. As we journey through life, there are winds, waves … Continue reading →

If you are going to ask “why” when things go wrong, then you also have to ask “why” when things go right.  There is nothing greater for our spiritual growth than humility. ~ Gedale Fenster