Category Archives: Spirituality

How to get up

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Emuna Daily

If you wouldn’t fall, you’d never learn how to get up.  When you are falling, let your heart be filled with joy, because the One, the Only One, is teaching you to get up.  ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

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Teaching Children about Olam Haba

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Children should be taught not to waste anything, and to save their money, but they must also be taught the habit of giving charity…. He should be told: “You are not giving away your money by putting it into the … Continue reading →

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Hungry?

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Emuna Daily

When you are hungry or thirsty, you imagine that it is merely your body that desires to be refreshed.  The Ba’al Shem Tov taught that your soul yearns for the food too.  In every piece of food or drink there … Continue reading →

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Where You are Now

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.

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Their Only Power

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Do not allow yourself to become upset by what people say or do; they are powerless.  Your reaction is their only power.

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Very Difficult

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Emuna Daily

It is easier to know the entire Talmud than to correct a single bad midah. ~ R’ Yisroel Salanter zt”l

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Is it hard to see Hashem?

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Even the construction of a skyscraper with all its details of engineering, hardware, steelwork, elevator, heating and plumbing is nothing compared to the complexity of a small piece of skin. When people open their eyes and minds and look at … Continue reading →

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The Kotzker Rebbe’s Followers

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Emuna Daily

“I do not want followers who are righteous, rather I want followers who are too busy doing good that they won’t have time to do bad.” ~ R’ Menachem Mendel of Kotzk zt”l

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The Coming of Mashiach

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Chazal teach us: Three things arrive unexpectedly – Mashiach, a metziah (a find), and a scorpion.  What is the connection between these three?  Because if one is zoche (merits), the arrival of Mashiach will be like a pleasant but unexpected … Continue reading →

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Draw Near

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Even those who are distant from Torah and Divine service you must draw near with cords of love. And even if you fail in your efforts, you have not lost the reward for the mitzvah of brotherly love… ~ Tanya

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