Category Archives: Mussar

Baking Matzah

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Someone asked Rav Yisroel Salanter which hiddur he should take on when baking the matzah. He answered to be extra nice to the almanah sweeping the floor in the bakery. – Click here to easily sign up for daily Sefirah … Continue reading →

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Filling Your Resume with Vacation Spots

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Attempt to go through all our sacred books in the course of your lifetime.  You will have then visited every place in the Torah.  The very rich constantly travel from land to land.  They spend huge amounts just so they … Continue reading →

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A Single Act

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Emuna Daily

A single act is better than a thousand groans. Our G-d lives, and Torah and mitzvot are eternal; quit the groaning and work hard in actual avoda, and G-d will be gracious to you. ~ Rebbe Rashab Sholom Dovber Schneersohn of … Continue reading →

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Another Question to Ask Yourself

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Let every Jew, religious or not, ask himself one simple question: If 150 years ago, all Jews in the world were at my level of religiosity and Torah erudition, would there be Jews in the world today? ~ Rabbi Nachman Kahana … Continue reading →

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Ask Yourself ** (My own 2 cents)

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Emuna Daily

When I come to shul to daven, and in fact, everything that I do in life, I find it very helpful to keep myself in check by constantly asking myself questions in order to put things in the right perspective.  … Continue reading →

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The “Real You”

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Don’t be afraid of discovering that the “real you” may be different than the “current you.” ~ R’ Noach Weinberg zt”l

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Little by Little

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Emuna Daily

If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you’ll end up not doing anything for anybody. ~ Malcolm Bane

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The Good Old Days

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Don’t waste your time saying that the good old days were different. Of course they were different. But right now is the good old days. I’ll tell you a secret. Someday they’ll see today as the good old days. These are the good … Continue reading →

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When some boys stopped attending Hebrew School

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Several Bar-Mitzva age boys stopped attending Hebrew school. A concerned shliach took the teenagers to visit the Lubavitcher Rebbe, hoping the Rebbe would convince them to continue seeking a Jewish education. “Tell me,” the Rebbe asked the first boy, “why … Continue reading →

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Honor Destroys

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Honor destroys both the body and the soul.  It is disgraceful for me to be addressed as, “Our master and teacher,” since I am neither.  I wish to be addressed only as “The one who loves us and seeks our … Continue reading →

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