Category Archives: Happiness

Bring Good News

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Emuna Daily

The more good news you bring your Creator, the less need you will have to complain about the opposite. Meditate on those things you have to be thankful for. Express your thanks out loud. The number of things to kvetch … Continue reading →

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The City of Happiness

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Mishe Nichnas Adar Marbim BiSimcha, is generally translated as “When Adar begins, we increase in joy.”  As we are in the month of Adar, with Purim just a few days away, we should be feeling especially happy.  However, read this incredible … Continue reading →

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Anger is Contagious

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Anger is contagious.  By associating with a short-tempered person, one may also come to adopt his nature.  ~ R’ Samson Raphael Hirsh zt”l

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Thank you

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Learn how to say thank you: “We thank you Hashem for creating us! We thank you Hashem for giving us a sun that gives us light and warmth! We thank you Hashem for giving us air to breathe! We thank you … Continue reading →

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The World was Created for Me

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Emuna Daily

A person is obligated to say, “The world was created for me” (Talmud Sanhedrin 37a).  We are obligated to be aware of our own greatness.  Feel proud that you are created in the image of God.  Pride in the awareness … Continue reading →

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The Secret of Happiness

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Emuna Daily

The cause of unhappiness is failed expectations. Do not harbor expectations even from those for whom you have done only good. ~ R’ Nachman Kahana

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What is the Yetzer Hara hiding from you?

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Among the objectives of the yetzer hara (Evil Inclination), one of the very greatest for which he exerts himself with all of his strength, is that men should not see how happy life is. Now listen to that again: The yetzer hara tries … Continue reading →

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Mi Shemaamin – מי שמאמין – He Who Believes

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Emuna Daily

I haven’t posted a song in a while and want to start the week on a high.  I can’t think of anything greater than watching our holy soldiers in Israel sing and dance like they did before entering battle in … Continue reading →

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I have to tell you what I saw – deep

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Emuna Daily

If a person would be able to ascend to Heaven and behold the Heavenly bodies with all their precision and perfection, his enjoyment would not be complete until he returned to earth and described to his friends the amazing wonders … Continue reading →

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True Peace of Mind

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Why was the Torah given in the wilderness at Mount Sinai and not in the calm and peacefulness of Israel?  This is to teach us that true peace of mind doesn’t come from physical comforts, but from an awareness of … Continue reading →

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