The Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Rabbi Shalom Dovber (the Rebbe Rashab) once instructed his son (the Rebbe Rayatz) to travel to a particular place to help a particular chassid and businessman. When the Rebbe Rayatz returned, he told his father, “I have done everything you told me. I did the favor in the best manner possible.”  The Rebbe Rashab replied, “You are making a mistake. The favor you have done is a favor for yourself, not for the other. The Almighty has done the favor for the other; he arranged emissaries to fulfill the divine providence. The favor you have done is for yourself as it says in the Midrash, “More than the house owner does for the poor man, the poor man does for the house owner.”

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A Mark on the Forehead

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A devout man who had passed away appeared to his friend in a dream.  The friend noticed that the man had a mark on his forehead.  The departed told his friend that his mark was a punishment for speaking during davening and Kaddish, and for failing to cut his nails on erev Shabbos.  ~ Ba’er Heiteiv 268:112

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Silence is a Skill

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Emuna Daily

The craft of a person in this world is to behave as if mute!  The craft is not to be a babbler. This is something one has to learn: a baby knows how to talk and babbles as it pleases him. Silence needs to be learned, because silence is a great skill, and by it you recognize the person of intelligence.  The nature of a person is his solitude. That’s the only way for the soul and spirit to develop their strength. ~ R’ Shlomo Wolbe zt”l

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Torn Up

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi said: Whoever responds “Amen, Yehei Shmei Rabba…” with all his might, the evil decrees against him will be torn up. ~ Talmud – Shabbos 119B

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Right Here – Right Now

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A Jew is never lost on his journey.  Wherever he finds himself, God has a reason for placing him there. ~ R’ Mordechai Pogremansky

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Live the Dream

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Emuna Daily

If you will it, it is no dream; and if you do not will it, a dream it is and a dream it will stay. ~ Theodor Herzl

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Lashon Hora which is Permitted

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Emuna Daily

If someone has completely forsaken mitzvah observance, or continually transgresses a particular mitzvah whose severity everyone is aware of (for example, eating pork), you are permitted to shame him for his misdeeds.  Since he has not merely succumbed to temptation, but knowingly and willfully transgresses G-d’s mitzvos, you are allowed to tell others about his misbehavior.  You should also not give him the benefit of the doubt.  ~ Guard Your Tongue

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A Trip to see the Maggid

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Thus did Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev journey from Pinsk to Mezritch to see the Maggid – the Rebbe Reb Ber.

“Why undertake so arduous a journey?” he was asked.

“I must see the Maggid.  You see, he knows there’s a G-d on earth.”

“Everyone knows that.  Here comes Olga, the maid. Ask her.”

“She’ll say there’s a G-d.  The Maggid knows it.” ~ The Torah Personality

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Cosmetics for the Soul

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Worldly pleasures are like cosmetics for the soul; they are merely tools for enhancing our spiritual well being and bringing us closer to Hashem. ~ Based on Mesilas Yesharim

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Please, God

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Please, God

Give us one more chance.

Give us two more chances.

Give us a hundred more chances.

~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l – Today is his 22nd yartzheit

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