Category Archives: Teshuva

Newness

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Evil is always new.  Imagine, if you do something wrong, you swear to yourself you’ll never do it again, right?  How come evil returns the next day?  The answer is very simple.  Evil has a newness.  So how do you … Continue reading →

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Even a Hair’s Breadth

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Hashem judges us entirely based on how we disconnect from our current status to an ever so slightly higher status – even a hair’s breadth. Hashem collects all of those hairs and creates great things from them. ~ Rav Menachem … Continue reading →

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Very Deep teaching from R’ Nachman

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Emuna Daily

It is the essence of the return to God that you should search at all times and beg:  “Where is the place of His glory?”  Then the fall itself is transformed into a great ascent.  The whole purpose of the … Continue reading →

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The First Day for an Accounting of Sins

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Emuna Daily

This is great encouragement for anyone who has experienced a setback since Yom Kippur. Chazal call the first day of Sukkos, “Rishon l’Cheshbon Ha’avonos – the first day for an accounting of sins”.  What do Chazal mean by that? The Shelah HaKadosh explains … Continue reading →

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Personal Prayers on Yom Kippur

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Emuna Daily

The following was compiled by Rabbi Sinai Yakobian.  I highly recommend that you print this out and bring it to shul with you to glance at and have in mind while you daven on Yom Kippur.  By the way, for those … Continue reading →

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New Trial

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“No civil court of law would change its verdict and, after finishing the trial, decide to give a convicted criminal another chance! Imagine hearing, “You’re convicted, but we’re giving you another ten days to repair the damage you’ve done. At … Continue reading →

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Convert Sins into Merits

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“When I see a man of many sins, I think, ‘How I envy him!  When he will do teshuvah and convert his sins, he will have many more merits than I do!” ~ R’ Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev zt”l

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A True Hero

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Who is a hero?  He who conquers his urges ~ Talmud

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Aftermath

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Emuna Daily

The Baal Shem Tov taught that a sin in itself is only the bite of the snake.  The real damage comes from the poison that spreads afterwards, saying “What a worthless thing you are.  Look what you’ve done!” With those … Continue reading →

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Don’t beat yourself up

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Be careful not to consider yourself wicked.  Such a person will not even attempt to improve himself and is likely to become worse than he already is.” ~ R’ Avraham Ben HaRambam zt”l from Torah Tavlin

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