Category Archives: Mussar

With What Merit will you Come to the World of Truth With?

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Emuna Daily

With what merit will I come to the World of Truth? Torah? Do I truly have Torah? Fear of Heaven?  Do I truly have fear of Heaven? ….With but one merit will I come – That I love Jews! ~ … Continue reading →

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Try to be Silent

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Try to be silent.  Generally speaking, you aren’t learning much when your mouth is moving! ~ R’ Noach Weinberg zt”l as quoted in Torah Tavlin

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Learning to Talk

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Emuna Daily

In youth, one learns to talk; in maturity, one learns to be silent. This is man’s problem: that he learns to talk before he learns to be silent.  ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov zt”l

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Fire & Water

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Just as fire and water cannot coexist in one vessel, so too, the love of this world and the love of the next world cannot coexist in the heart of the believer. ~ Rabbeinu Bachya ibn Pekuda zt”l

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“Wake up from your slumber!”

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Emuna Daily

If one does not awaken himself, how will he be helped by mussar? ~ Rabbeinu Yonah

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Measure for Measure

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Emuna Daily

The Chofetz Chaim teaches that Middah k’neged Middah (measure for measure) is the rule of Heaven in all instances.

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Lessons from Technology

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Technology teaches us important lessons: From the trains we learn that every minute in life is important – A person may miss the train if he arrives even one minute late. The telegraph teaches us that our every word is … Continue reading →

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Your Bank Account

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day.   What would … Continue reading →

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Check Yourself

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Emuna Daily

One cannot gain entrance to Gan Eden by causing Gehennom for others. Simple example: Those who daven in a loud voice, so that HaShem should hear them, while disturbing other daveners. ~ R’ Nachman Kahana

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Misappropriation of Funds

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Each of us is allocated from above just the amount of time we need to get our mission done. Some of that time will be for learning, teaching, helping others. Some of that time will be needed for making a … Continue reading →

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