Category Archives: Prayer

Selichos

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Emuna Daily

Reb Shlomo said that sometimes when you go into the emergency room, you sit down and are patient to be seen. But when you have a really serious medical problem that can’t wait, you go right past the door and … Continue reading →

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The Peasant’s Message

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Even a peasant who has a message from the king from a long-lost beloved son, is promptly ushered into the throne room.  The tefillah of a person who does teshuvah, is precisely such a message and is warmly and promptly … Continue reading →

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The Need for Personal Prayer

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Emuna Daily

The Gemara in tractate Succa says that the Evil Inclination is so mighty that a person cannot prevail over it without Hashem’s help.  Conclusion – no personal prayer means that a person is without Hashem; without Hashem, a person falls … Continue reading →

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Amen, May His Great Name be Blessed Forever and Ever

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Emuna Daily

One of the things I am looking forward to at tonight’s Siyum Hashas at Metlife Stadium is saying Yehei Shmei Rabba along with 100,000 others. “At the time when Israel responds in a loud voice, ‘Amen, May His Great Name … Continue reading →

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The Power of Tefillah

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“The power of tefillah (prayer) is so great, that if a person were to daven one single prayer with perfect concentration and the purest intent, that single prayer has the power to gather together all the other tefillos that one … Continue reading →

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Greater than Deeds

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Rabbi Eleazar said: Prayer is greater than good deeds.  No one had done more good deeds than Moshe, but still, he was only answered after he prayed.” ~ Talmud Berachos 32b

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Baruch Hu U’varuch Shemo

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Emuna Daily

Rabbi Elya Lopian once repeated something he had heard from the Alter of Kelm.  He said “It was worthwhile for Hashem to create the world, and to keep it existing for six thousand years, just for one person to recite … Continue reading →

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How Near is God

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“God appears far, but no one is closer than Him.  He is high above His universe, but a person can enter the synagogue, stand near the pulpit, and pray in a whisper – and God hears his prayer.” ~ Talmud … Continue reading →

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Eat In Order to Pray

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“It is better to eat in order to pray than to pray in order to eat!” ~ R’ Shalom Ber of Lubavatich zt”l (Torah Tavlin)

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No Bother

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Rabbi Zeira said: When a person has a friend, the more he asks him for things and borrows from him, the more the latter detests him and repulses him.  But this is not true of God.  The more a person … Continue reading →

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