Category Archives: Chesed

Forget it

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A good deed is best remembered in Heaven when it is forgotten by the man who performed it. ~ R’ Yisrael of Rizhin zt”l

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Great Opportunity & Powerful Video

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Emuna Daily

I try to post this every year before Rosh Hashana because it is just such an amazing opportunity that everyone should try to take advantage of right now. Many years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe established “Keren Hashana,” a fund that will … Continue reading →

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How we Treat Others

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Everyone is good to a dying man – how good we would be to each other if we fully realized that we were all dying. ~ R’ Shraga Silverstein zt”l

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A smile

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Emuna Daily

If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give. ~ R’ Samson Raphael Hirsch zt”l

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What People Need

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Emuna Daily

To be kind is more important than to be right.  Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.

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One Favor

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A soul may descend to earth and live seventy or eighty years for the sole purpose of doing a favor for another.  A spiritual favor, or even a material favor. ~ The Baal Shem Tov zt”l

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The Day(s) After Purim

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Rabbi Meir Shalom of Porisov would make it a point to distribute money to the poor on the day after Purim.  He would say “Since there is a special obligation to give gifts to the poor on Purim, people neglect … Continue reading →

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When Everything Stops

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Emuna Daily

How do you know how much you love a person?  Are you aware of the world when you are talking to them?  If there is still a world, sure you are close, but real true closeness is when suddenly the … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Gift

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Our holy master Rebbe Nachman says: The greatest gift we can give someone is to give him back his self confidence. ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

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Shlepper

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Someone who brings just one chair for himself is merely a shlepper.  But one who brings two, one for himself and one for a friend, is a ba’al chesed. ~ R’ Shraga Feivel Mendelowitz zt”l

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