Category Archives: Spirituality

What time is “Early Shabbos?”

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Emuna Daily

The Midrash says: Whoever adds from the weekday to Shabbos, his soul will be paid back measure for measure in the World to Come.  If, Heaven forbid, his soul is in Gehinnom, it will be taken out of Gehinnom on … Continue reading →

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I Found You

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Where, Lord, will I find you: Your place is high and obscured. And where won’t I find you: Your glory fills the world…. I sought your nearness: With all my heart I called you. And in my going out to … Continue reading →

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Broken Heart

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Depression is like anger and rage.  It is like a complaint against G-d for not fulfilling one’s wishes.  But one with a broken heart is like a child pleading before his father.  He is like a baby crying and complaining … Continue reading →

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Broken Within

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Emuna Daily

If a person sins because he cannot overcome his yetzer hara, but at the same time that he commits the sin he is broken within because he dreads the thought of transgressing Hashem’s will, Hashem will overlook his sins.  This … Continue reading →

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One People

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Emuna Daily

We are one people.  When a Jew gossips in Kovno, a Jew in Paris desecrates the Shabbos. ~ R’ Yisrael of Salant zt”l

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Complex Hedge Maze

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Life is like a complex hedge maze common in the gardens of royalty, planted for amusement, the challenge being to reach a gazebo in its center… Seeking guidance from someone who has already mastered the labyrinth, who stands on the … Continue reading →

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Don’t Look Elsewhere

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Sometimes, the motivation to grown spiritually comes from our respect for someone else, a Tzaddik, a Talmid Chacham… But this is a mistake. We don’t need to look elsewhere to find the means to improve ourselves. Everything we need is … Continue reading →

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Thinking of You

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Emuna Daily

R’ Zadok of Lublin used to say that whenever you think of Hashem, He is thinking of you; but Hashem thinks of you in proportion to the amount of consciousness with which you think of Him.  To put it in … Continue reading →

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Mental Pictures

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A devout Jew clears his mind of harmful thoughts and worldly ideas.  He visualizes inspiring historic scenes like the Jewish people gathered at Mount Sinai, Avraham and Yitzchok on Mount Moriah, the Tabernacle, the service of the Beis Hamikdash, the … Continue reading →

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Giving of the Torah

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Emuna Daily

The festival of Shavuot is called “the time of the giving of the Torah.” Why is it not called “the time of the receving of the Torah?” Because the Torah was given to each Israelite in equal measure, but each … Continue reading →

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