Category Archives: Emuna

Two Scripts

Two ways you could write your life: “I am so small, and I make such stupid messes that even if the Creator of this magnificent universe had some plan for me, by now He must have given up. So I … Continue reading

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Worry

All worries are forbidden, except when one worries about his worrying. ~ R’ Yisroel Salanter zt”l

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The Present

If a person constantly focuses on the future in his present moments, he entirely loses out on his present moments.  When the future finally becomes the present, he will continue to focus on the future of that future.  Hence he … Continue reading

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Afraid

A God-fearing person who slept alone in the wilderness was asked “Aren’t you afraid of wild animals?  How can you sleep out here?” He replied, “I would be embarrassed if the Almighty were to see that I was afraid of … Continue reading

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Staying Positive

Whenever things are not as you wish, ask yourself, “How could things have been worse?” ~ R’ Zelig Pliskin

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Change of Plans

If things do not go the way you wish them to be, you should then wish them to be the way they are in reality. ~ R’ Mordechai of Lekhivitz zt”l

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Advice from Rebbe Nachman

Serve God with all your strength and rely completely on His infinite love. He will never abandon you regardless of what you may have done in the past. The past is nothing, what counts is the time from now on. … Continue reading

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In Direct Proportion

In the World to Come, explains the Maharal of Prague, each of us will experience a revelation of Divine wisdom in proportion to the faith we had in God during life’s difficult moments, according to our efforts to continue and … Continue reading

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Lost Everything

“In the war, I lost my entire family – I simply lost everything; but God I did not lose.” ~ The Klausenberger Rebbe zt”l (1905-1994) who during the Holocaust, lost his wife and 11 children in Auschwitz as he suffered … Continue reading

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Is our knowledge of Hashem ever sufficient?

And you shall know that I am Hashem. — Shemos 10:2 Did the first seven plagues not cause them to know? Here we learn that to “know Hashem” is an unending effort which should be continued always, because His greatness … Continue reading

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