Perspective

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Emuna Daily

We all look at the same world; but what we see depends on who we are. ~ R’ Yitzchak Isaac of Homil zt”l as quoted in Chicken Soup to Warm the Neshama

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Love Other People

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Emuna Daily

If you love other people, if everybody is ok in your eyes, you’re filled with joy.

I want you to know, the Bal Shem Tov says, that when you’re filled with joy, you can meet your biggest enemy and love him.  Because you don’t care at all.  You say, “He hates me, but who cares.”

If you can still care if “This one hates me,” and “That one likes me,” then you’re obviously not filled with joy because otherwise you wouldn’t care.  ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

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Please tell me…I won’t repeat it to anyone else.

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Emuna Daily

There is no difference between freely volunteering loshon hora and being pressured into relating it.  If someone would entice you to eat unkosher food, would the food then be permissible?  The same principle would apply to loshon hora.  ~ Guard Your Tongue

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Great Story about R’ Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld zt”l

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Emuna Daily

In a certain city in Hungary, a childless woman brought the equivalent of $400 to her Rabbi to send to a tzadik (righteous person) to pray that she should have children.  With her approval the Rabbi sent the money and her request to Rabbi Yosef Chayim Sonnenfeld of Jerusalem.

A few weeks later, the woman’s husband angrily came to the Rabbi’s house and said, “You had no right to take such a large amount of money from my wife without my permission.  I demand that you return it to me immediately.”

The Rabbi found himself in an uncomfortable predicament and offered to repay the money himself, but said that he would only able to do it in installments.  While they were speaking, the mailman arrived at the Rabbi’s house with a registered letter.  The Rabbi opened it up and to his surprise found the money he had sent, together with a note from Rabbi Sonnenfeld.  Written on the note was the following message: “Since you wrote that the wife gave you the money, I am afraid that perhaps she did so without her husband’s approval.  Therefore, I am returning the money so that you can return it to her.  Rest assured that I will persist in praying on her behalf.  The Almighty should fulfill her wishes.”

An eyewitness related that both the Rabbi and the woman’s husband were so overcome by emotion that they could not restrain themselves from crying. ~ Amudah Denhora as quoted by R’ Zelig Pliskin

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Written on Your Heart + free music download

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Emuna Daily

You can keep every Shabbos to the letter of the law, but you haven’t kept Shabbos yet.  Unless Shabbos reaches the High Heart, the deepest, deepest, deepest, the highest place in your heart, you didn’t feel it yet.  What is the High Heart?  The High Heart is that it touches me so deep. “Kisvem al luach libech – It should be written on your heart.”  I realize that I can never do without it.  I can’t be without it.  ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

This is it!  The Shabbos Project starts tonight!  In honor of this, you can download an entire album made up of all stars singing shabbos melodies for free!   I already downloaded it and it’s great – CLICK HERE

To learn about The Shabbos Project taking place this Shabbos worldwide, go to http://www.theshabbosproject.org/

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The Light of Shabbos

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Emuna Daily

On the Sabbath, radiance shines forth from the World to Come – the place from which all light streams forth – shining in every direction.  It brings joy, gladness, light and freedom. ~ The Zohar

To learn about The Shabbos Project taking place this Shabbos worldwide, go to http://www.theshabbosproject.org/

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The Deeper Message of Shabbos

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Emuna Daily

For the Talmudic Rabbis, the Sabbath was seen as a gift from God – something of heavenly origin given down here to us.  But for mystics, the message is deeper.  The Sabbath is an event within God.  Through prayer, study and ritual we share in some of the mysterious events occurring within Him. ~ R’ Chaim Miller

To learn about The Shabbos Project taking place this Shabbos worldwide, go to http://www.theshabbosproject.org/

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Keeping Shabbos Forgives All

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Whoever observes the Sabbath according to the law, should he even worship idols like the generation of Enosh, he is forgiven. ~ The Talmud

To learn about The Shabbos Project taking place this Shabbos worldwide, go to http://www.theshabbosproject.org/

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Just One Shabbos

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Emuna Daily

The Midrash states that if Israel would keep the Sabbath properly, for even one day, the Messiah would come.  Why? Because the Sabbath is equal to all the commandments in the Torah.

The entire week’s quotes will be devoted to The Shabbos Project taking place worldwide this coming shabbos.   Click this link to learn more about it and spread the word – http://www.theshabbosproject.org/

Also, enjoy “Just One Shabbos” by Mordechai Ben David – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx89PHF0NkA

 

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True and False Derogatory Statements

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Emuna Daily

You are forbidden to relate anything derogatory about others.  If a derogatory statement is true, it is termed loshon hora.  If it is false, even partially so, it is termed motzi shaim ra (defamation of character) and the offense is much more severe.

It cannot be repeated often enough that true derogatory statements are considered lashon hora.  The most common defense to a rebuke for speaking lashon hora is, “But it is true.” That is exactly what categorizes the statement as being lashon hora! ~ Guard Your Tongue by R’ Zelig Pliskin

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