Category Archives: Mussar

Be Wise!

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Every single mitzvah in the Torah calls out and declares, ‘Be wise!’  Every prohibition of the Torah likewise implores us, ‘Do not be a fool!” ~ R’ Simcha Bunim of P’shischah zt”l

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A True Hero

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Who is a hero?  He who conquers his urges ~ Talmud

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The Sale will Soon be Over ***

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Emuna Daily

The Vilna Gaon lived with this sense of the fleeting opportunities this world presents us.  Shortly before he died, he was seen holding his tzitzis and crying.  He explained to his followers, “Soon I will be leaving this world.  Here, for just … Continue reading →

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Compromise

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“The gains of compromise are nothing compared to its losses.” ~ Chofetz Chaim

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3 Friends

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Man has three friends on whose company he relies.  First, wealth which goes with him only while the good fortune lasts.  Second, his relatives; they go only as far as the grave, leave him there.   The third friend, his … Continue reading →

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Have Pity on the Rest of us

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Perhaps, for you, this exile is not so bad. And you feel you are doing whatever you can about it, anyway. But it is not just you. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all their children through all the generations, as … Continue reading →

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Never Satisfied

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“One who loves money will never be satisfied by money.” ~ Koheles 5:9

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Silence is Golden

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Shimon his son says: All my days I have been raised among the Sages, and I found nothing better for oneself than silence; not study, but practice is the main thing; and one who talks excessively brings on sin.” Avos … Continue reading →

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Revolution

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Emuna Daily

If you were there and the Romans or the Babylonians were about to destroy Jerusalem and you had the power to do something about it, would you sit and mourn and cry? Or would you turn the world upside down … Continue reading →

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Nisht Shabbos Geret

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“A chasid once discovered a gap in his fence on Shabbos and planned to repair it.  He then remembered that it was Shabbos and, regretting that he had entertained mundane thoughts on Shabbos, decided never to make the repair.  A … Continue reading →

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