Emuna Daily

Who is a Chasid?

One who does not make what is of secondary importance the main thing, nor the main thing secondary.  ~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

“One who mocks the dead is scorning his Maker” (Proverbs 17).  The Gemora states that a person who comes within 4 cubits of a grave must hide his tzitzis lest he mock the dead, who cannot perform the mitzvah.

Now imagine that we are going to daven at the graves of the tzadikim.  We are certainly free of any thoughts of scorning them.  And yet our Sages ordered us to hide our tzitzis.

How much more so when we walk among the living, who are sensitive to every nuance of another’s behavior toward them, should we take care not to cause them any shame or embarrassment, for we would thereby be scorning their Maker.  ~ R’ Nosson Zvi Finkel zt”l

Fortunate is a person who speaks to an ear that listens. ~ Zohar

Death…is like a person who moves from one house to another, only, the wise one chooses for himself a house finer than the first one. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

When you point your finger at someone else, three fingers are pointing at yourself. ~ Chicken Soup to Warm the Neshama