Emuna Daily

As long as we are alive, we should think to ourselves, “How happy I would be if I obtained a large amount of money.  No amount of money, however, can compare to the greater value of life itself. ~ Pele Yoatz, Simcha

Just think – there is no one else like you.  Cherish your specialness. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

It is written in Tehillim 89:9 “וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ”  This can be translated, “When one has emunah, it is like he is hugging Hashem, kiveyachol. ~ R’ Moshe of Kobrin zt”l

The night was created for Torah study. ~ Talmud Eruvin 65a

It is a great opportunity this year with Shavuos night coming right after Shabbos.  Not that one should prepare for after Shabbos, but there is nothing wrong with taking a nap this Shabbos…

Click here to see last year’s incredible teaching regarding the reward for staying up and learning the entire night of Shavuos.

Learn well!

If a non-Jew would know the enjoyment of learning a daf Gemara before Shacharis on Shabbos morning, he would convert just to have the opportunity to experience it. ~ The Chazon Ish

Before you open your mouth, be silent and reflect: “What benefit will my speech bring me or others?” ~ R’ Menachem Mendel Leffin zt”l

It is well known that the three major characteristics for which people are praised in this world are: wisdom, strength and wealth.

Wisdom is the most secure of these, for it resides within a person’s soul.  Moreover, one’s wisdom generally increases with age.

Strength is next, for it resides within a person’s body.  However, as a person grows older, his strength generally lessens.

Wealth is the least secure, for it is external. ~ Rabbeinu Yonah of Gerondi zt”l

When Hashem tests a person, it means Hashem believes he can pass the test. ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman, Shlita

A person who drives himself ambitiously to earn his livelihood is like the passenger who impatiently pushes the wall of the train in a vain attempt to make it move faster.

All of a person’s income is determined on Rosh Hashana, so why should he wear himself to the bone struggling till he makes himself ridiculous?

What has been decreed for him will come to him, and even if he turns the world over, he will not receive a penny more. ~ R’ Yosef Yozel Hurwitz zt”l

Be careful not to consider yourself wicked.  A person who considers himself wicked will not try to improve and is likely to become worse than he is now. ~ Hamaspik L’ovdai Hashem, p. 68