Beyond Your Control

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Emuna Daily

A person who accepts calmly whatever is beyond his control is the truly wealthy person. ~ Mivchar Hapeninim

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Opportunities to Think

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Emuna Daily

When you wake up in the middle of the night or have a long wait in a doctor’s office, cherish those moments as opportunities to think.  A wise person uses these opportunities to learn more about himself and to think of ways in which he can improve. ~ Alai Shur

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Blinded

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Emuna Daily

People who focus on what they are missing are blinded to what they have.  ~ R’ Zelig Pliskin

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3 Good Questions

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Emuna Daily

He (Hillel) used to say: If I am not for myself, who will be for me?  And if I am for myself only, what am I?  And if not now, when? ~ Pirkei Avos 1:14

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Yom Hashoah – Moment of Silence

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Emuna Daily

If we held a moment of silence for every victim of the holocaust, we would be silent for eleven and a half years.

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Lost Everything

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Emuna Daily

“In the war, I lost my entire family – I simply lost everything; but God I did not lose.”

~ The Klausenberger Rebbe zt”l (1905-1994) who during the Holocaust, lost his wife and 11 children in Auschwitz as he suffered in several concentration camps.  After the war, he built a new family and reestablished his Chassidus.

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Perfect Tranquility

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Emuna Daily

A person who fears Heaven stands before the Creator of the Universe, knowing that his task is to do His will.  Nothing else is important, and therefore nothing else bothers him.  In fear of Heaven there is perfect tranquility. ~ Rabbi Hillel Goldberg zt”l

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The Best

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Emuna Daily

If you are content with the best you have done, you will never do the best you can do.

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Crying Wolf

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Emuna Daily

In the end, falsehood has no base on which to stand. And if the liar should later speak truthfully, no one believes him any longer. ~ R’ Menachem Mendel Leffin zt”l

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As Difficult as Splitting the Sea

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Emuna Daily

How can we understand the words of our Sages (Sotah 2a, Pesachim 118a) that matchmaking and creating livelihoods for people are as difficult for Hakadosh Baruch Hu as the splitting of the sea?  Difficult for Hashem? There is no such concept!

However, we can explain that just as the Red Sea did not split until Nachson jumped in, thus requiring human participation and involvement, so too, earning a parnassah and making shidduchim requires people to get involved and make the effort on their own. The “difficult” part for Hashem is waiting for people to do their part! ~ R’ Yisroel Halevi Belsky zt”l

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