Category Archives: Mussar

Great Opportunity & Powerful Video

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Emuna Daily

I try to post this every year before Rosh Hashana because it is just such an amazing opportunity that everyone should try to take advantage of right now. Many years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe established “Keren Hashana,” a fund that will … Continue reading →

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Can I have an Apple?

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A lovely little boy was holding two apples with both hands.  His mother came in and softly asked her little boy with a smile: My sweetie, could you give your mom one of your two apples? The boy looked up … Continue reading →

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Filling Your Head with Torah

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Emuna Daily

You have to learn seforim that enlighten your mind. It’s of utmost importance to learn seforim like Mesillas Yeshorim. You must learn the Rambam Hilchos Dei’os and Hilchos Teshuva, Sha’arei Teshuva d’Rabbeinu Yonah and Chovos Ha’levovos. Seforim like that put so … Continue reading →

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Excuses are What You Find for the Other Guy

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Emuna Daily

As thinking human beings, we have an unlimited capacity to find excuses, to discover ingenious and innovative ways to distance the perpetrator from the act. We can blame it on youth, on old age, on parents, on children, on financial … Continue reading →

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How we Treat Others

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Everyone is good to a dying man – how good we would be to each other if we fully realized that we were all dying. ~ R’ Shraga Silverstein zt”l

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Good and Bad Traits

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Emuna Daily

“I will” is a bad trait. “I want” is and is not a [good] trait. “I am” is a good trait. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

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Thank You

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A child that learns from the very beginning to say “thank you” to Mommy, Daddy and to Hashem, will grow up to be a well-adjusted and well-liked individual. ~ R’ Lazer Brody

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Even Once

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Emuna Daily

It is worthwhile for a person to study mussar his entire life, if it will save him from speaking loshon hora even once. ~ R’ Yisroel Salanter zt”l

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Strange

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Emuna Daily

People are strange.  They beg and plead that Hashem should give them yiras Shamayim, when this is something that is entirely in the individual’s control. Yet, when it comes to their livelihood, their business and their money, they imagine they … Continue reading →

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The Image

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Emuna Daily

How you treat others is how G‑d treats you. How you forgive them is how He forgives you. How you measure them is how He measures you. When you show empathy for the plight of another human being, G‑d takes … Continue reading →

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