Category Archives: Mussar

Our Gift

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Emuna Daily

Who we are is a gift from Hashem; what we make of ourselves is our gift to Hashem and to ourselves. ~ Torah Anytimes

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Blinded

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Emuna Daily

People who focus on what they are missing are blinded to what they have.  ~ R’ Zelig Pliskin

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3 Good Questions

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Emuna Daily

He (Hillel) used to say: If I am not for myself, who will be for me?  And if I am for myself only, what am I?  And if not now, when? ~ Pirkei Avos 1:14

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The Best

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Emuna Daily

If you are content with the best you have done, you will never do the best you can do.

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Crying Wolf

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Emuna Daily

In the end, falsehood has no base on which to stand. And if the liar should later speak truthfully, no one believes him any longer. ~ R’ Menachem Mendel Leffin zt”l

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Yerei Shamayim

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Emuna Daily

R’ Chaim of Volozhin asks why a person who is careful not to sin is call a “Yerei Shamayim” – someone who fears Heaven? Such a person fears the awesome damage that sins cause to the spiritual worlds “above” ours.  … Continue reading →

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It Must Be Done

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Emuna Daily

I never thought about whether I could do something, but only about whether I had to do it.  And if something must be done, then G-d will give the means of doing it.  ~ R’ Yosef Yozel Hurwitz zt”l

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Past Learning

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Emuna Daily

The mitzvah of Torah study is incumbent every moment.  Past learning does not exempt a person from learning now.  A person who wastes several hours violates the mitzvah of Torah study with every single moment. ~ The Chofetz Chaim zt”l

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Watchfulness

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Emuna Daily

The following quote is from Mesilas Yesharim, more specifically, the chapter concerning the Divisions of Zehirus (Watchfulness). It is said that the Vilna Gaon would never leave his house before going over this chapter 12 times. “A man should observe … Continue reading →

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Life is like a Postcard

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Emuna Daily

Life is like a postcard. You begin to write, and you leave a great deal of space between the letters, words and lines. After all, the postcard is large and you don’t have all that much to say. But then, … Continue reading →

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