Emuna Daily

When two people love one another, they can stand together on the head of a pin.  When two people hate one another, the whole world is not wide enough for them to coexist. ~ R’ Shlomo Ibn Gabirol zt”l

The mitzva of ahavat yisrael extends to anyone born into the people of Israel, even if you have never met him.

How much more so does it extend to every member – man or woman of the Jewish community where you live, who belongs to your own community. ~ R’ Schneur Zalman of Liadi zt”l

Distance yourself from all that is ugly and unseemly, from lust and from anything that will lead people to be suspicious of you, and you will find favor in the eyes of God and man. ~ R’ Menachem Mendel Leffin zt”l

When a child’s toy breaks, he feels as bad as an adult would feel if his factory were destroyed.  ~ R’ Yisroel Salanter zt”l

Something to consider…

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