Emuna Daily

I try to post this every year before Rosh Hashana because it is just such an amazing opportunity that everyone should try to take advantage of right now.

Many years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe established “Keren Hashana,” a fund that will disburse your tzedaka (charity) to worthy causes, daily, giving you the benefit of this mitzvah every day of the year!

You can give as little as 10 cents per day ($35.40 for the year) for you and each of your family members to ensure that you and your family don’t go a day without giving tzedaka.

While I normally pay for each of my children to participate in this great mitzvah, this year, they decided to use their own money and are so excited about the idea.

Right now, before Rosh Hashana is the perfect time to set it up.  You can easily do it online by using this link https://lubavitch.com/donate.html?o=2026760=lubavitch.com1  If you wish, you can then email hq@lubavitch.com to send the names of your family members so that it is clear that the charity is coming from each member of your family.   If you prefer to call them, the phone number is 718 774-4000.

Don’t wait!  Now is the time to take care of this.  

“Causing others to give tzedaka is greater than giving tzedakah yourself” (Bava Basra 9).   Therefore, pass this on!  By forwarding this to friends and family, who knows how many people will sign up for this great mitzvah and how much of an effect it will have on your neshama going into Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.

If a person speaks badly about others and disgraces them, he will be spoken against and disgraced in return (in addition to his punishment in the World to Come). ~ The Chofetz Chaim

Our sages teach that there is no wealth in the world that is adequate compensation for even the tiniest of mitzvot.  We’d surely be happy if we found a two-carat diamond on the sidewalk, so why not be happy with every word of prayer and every good deed, which is intrinsically much more valuable than the diamond? ~ R’ Shalom Arush Shlita

We can’t always get what we want;

We should just be happy we don’t get what we deserve!

One who does not see G-d everywhere does not see him anywhere. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe

Our bond with Hashem is our ultimate merit.  It makes no difference whether we receive or not – our primary goal is our personal connection with our Father. ~ R’ Menachem Azolai as translated by Dov Elias

Life is a bitter experience when a person doesn’t know what he or she is living for. ~ R’ Lazer Brody

Someone said to Reb Yisrael Salanter zy’a “I am set in my ways; I don’t think I’ll ever do teshuvah.”

Reb Yisrael Salanter rebuked him, “Chazal tell us that when we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah, the Satan gets frightened because he fears that we’ve done teshuvah and what he hears is the shofar of Moshiach.

So you see, even the Satan believes that you can do teshuvah. Why don’t you believe it?” ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman Shlita