Emuna Daily

R’ Nosson Zvi Finkel’s appearance in the yeshiva to give a shmuse touched off a mad rush as the talmidim scrambled for the best seats.  R’ Nosson Zvi was displeased, and he began his shmuse rebuking them.  “In running,” he said, “You may overturn shtenders, which may get scratched or damaged from the fall.  Then you will be guilty of damaging and robbing.”

When wearing tefillin, one may not divert his thoughts; and when the Kohen Gadol is wearing the tzitz (head-plate), which is less holy than tefillin, he may not divert his attention.  Therefore, surely on Shabbos, which is holier than tefillin-as evidenced by the fact that on Shabbos, we do not put on tefillin because of its greater kedusha,-we can derive that we must not divert our thoughts from the kedusha of the day for even a moment. ~ Toledos Yaakov Yosef which he learned from his rebbi, the Ball Shem Tov.

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If anyone can learn some mishnayos for my grandmother, Sarah Dena Bas Yehoshua Yosef, in time for the shloshim, the afternoon of December 26, 2016, it would be much appreciated.  You can sign up by clicking this link http://hadranalach.com/318

Acting to please others can never be successful.  A person who wishes to impress others will have to constantly change, for every person will demand something different.  We must act according to Torah values, without being influenced by others’ views.  Only this can bring a person to true satisfaction and joy. ~ Chicken Soup to Warm the Neshama

Every bullet has its address.  If a person’s address is on it, it will find him, no matter where he is. And it it doesn’t have the person’s address, then it will not hit him, no matter where he is. ~ R’ Meir Simcha HaCohen zt”l aurhor of the Ohr Sameach and Meshech Chochma