What We Live For

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Torah is not something you learn to live with – it’s what you live for. ~ From the book, The 6 Constant Mitzvos

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Longing to Perform a Mitzvah

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A person who longs to perform some mitzvah but is unsuccessful will be rewarded with children.  They will inherit his greatness and will accomplish this mitzvah. ~ R’ Nachman of Breslev zt”l

By the way, yesterday began a new 6 year Mishna Yomi cycle.  Learn just 2 mishnayos a day and complete all of shas in 6 years.  There are so many apps and resources available that we should all take advantage of.

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Bitter-Sweet

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Emuna Daily

There are two types of events in life:

Good and very good. Sweet and bitter-sweet.

Why bitter-sweet?

Sweet, because from each event in life we grow.

Bitter, because it is so painful to tear ourselves away from who we once were. ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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Desire

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Emuna Daily

To be content means to be satisfied with the material possessions one has.  One who wants more than he has is suffering from “desire.”  All transgressions stem from desire.  Its opposite – contentment – is the basis for the whole Torah. ~ The Vilna Gaon zt”l

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“Time is Money”

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Emuna Daily

The world says that time is money, but I say that money is time.  To earn enough money to satisfy his desires, man must sacrifice so much time.  For me, that sacrifice is too great. ~ Chofetz Chaim zt”l

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The answer to yesterday’s “Identify that Tefilah” is Elokai Nitzor at the end of Shemona Esrei.

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Identify that Tefilah #11

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Emuna Daily

“My God, guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceitfully.”

The answer will be in tomorrow’s post.

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The Day(s) After Purim

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Rabbi Meir Shalom of Porisov would make it a point to distribute money to the poor on the day after Purim.  He would say “Since there is a special obligation to give gifts to the poor on Purim, people neglect this commandment the day after Purim.  It is especially important to perform a neglected mitzvah. ~ Derech Tzadikim as quoted by R’ Zelig Pliskin

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All For Your Children

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Every day, take one half hour to think about your children and where they’re headed.

Then do all you can about it.

Then do more. ~ I believe this is from R’ Tzvi Freeman

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Imitating Haman

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Emuna Daily

A Purim play was put on in the yeshiva, with the main characters being Moredechai and Esther.  “Playing the role of Haman is easy, R’ Yoself Yozel Hurwitz commented, “for everyone has a touch of arrogance and cruelty.  But to live up to Mordechai’s midos is very difficult, so it takes special effort to imitate them.” ~ Sparks of Mussar

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Havdalah

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Emuna Daily

Almost 100 years ago, after visiting America, R’ Meir Shapiro zt”l, the founder of “daf yomi,” commented that “American Jewry has learned to make Kiddush; it has not yet learned how to make havdalah!”

Havdalah – the ability to identify what is harmful to Jewish life and holiness and to separate one’s self from it – is infinitely harder to deal with than is the convivial Kiddush. ~ Based on a shiur I heard from R’ Shay Shachter and an article from R’ Berel Wein

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