Category Archives: Spirituality

When Learning and Praying

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Emuna Daily

“When a Jew studies Torah he feels like a student before G‑d, his teacher, Whose wisdom he is studying. When he prays, he feels like a child before his father. ” – Rebbe Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn of Lubavitch

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For the Sake of all of Israel

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Emuna Daily

When a mitzvah is performed properly – exclusively for the sake of Heaven, for the unity of the Holy One, it also benefits the entire nation of Israel, because it stirs up Hashem’s love for all Jews. ~ The Arvei … Continue reading →

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So deep!

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Emuna Daily

R’ Chaim Volozhin once said, “The yetzer hora steals in and says, ‘Speak about me in the study of Mussar all you wish, as long as you don’t learn Torah the while.’”  R’ Itzele [Peterburger] added, “That was in those … Continue reading →

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The Left Ear

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Kabbalists teach that each month of the year corresponds to a major body part.  This month, Sivan, corresponds to the left ear.  Because all year long, Hashem’s words go in the right ear and out the other.  However, when the … Continue reading →

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Two Notes in your Pocket

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Every person needs to carry two notes in his pocket.  On one should be written, “The world was created for me,” and on the other “I am but dust and ashes.”  And one must be judicious to read each note … Continue reading →

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Man and Woman’s Task

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Changing the world is a twofold task.  Bringing spirituality into the world is principally the man’s task. Elevating the world to become spiritual is principally the woman’s task.  Men in general are meant to deal with the present. The future … Continue reading →

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The Benefit of Forgetting

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Most people think of forgetting as a defect.  But I consider it a great benefit. If you did not forget, it would be utterly impossible to serve G-d.  You would remember your entire past, and these memories would drag you … Continue reading →

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Are you able to recognize the Creator?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Emuna Daily

As you pass a tree, know that it has a certain spiritual quality; it represents what we are looking for. If we could stop and think about that tree for weeks and months, we would come so close to Hashem … Continue reading →

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A Survivor

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Emuna Daily

If you enter a shul and find someone with a number tattooed on his arm and he still prays – he is someone who can bestow brachos. ~ The Satmar Rav, R’ Yoel Teitelbaum zt”l

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Hashem’s Stories

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Rebbe Nachman says, G-d created man because He loves stories.  The whole world is G-d telling a story.  It is not “He created the world and then something happened.”  G-d is telling stories, creating the world, creating people, telling long … Continue reading →

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