How Can I?

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Emuna Daily

By admonishing others for wrongdoing, a person will be saved from committing the same transgression.  When he is faced with temptation, he will say to himself: “I rebuke others for doing this; how can I do it myself?” ~ R’ Yonoson Eibeschitz zt”l in Yaaros Dvash

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Consider it Major

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Emuna Daily

If you harm your fellow in a minor way – consider it major.  If you helped him in a major way – consider it minor.

If your fellow helped you in a minor way – consider it major.  If he harmed you in a major way – consider it minor. ~ Yehudah Ben Teima

 

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Before You Say Something

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Emuna Daily

The Chafetz Chaim used to say: “When you are about to say something, first consider the good that will come from your talking.  Will it be beneficial for your soul?  Will it further your personal interests, business, or health?  These are all important matters.  But if what you wish to say will have no impact on any of these, why speak? ~ Tales of the Tongue

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The Greatest Guarantee

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Emuna Daily

“Aleh Yidisheh eltern velche bdarfen hoben a spetzeleh yeshua oon hatzalah far zeyereh kinder, iz der zicherster mitel tzu shtitzen Torah lerner.” – Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe Rayatz

The greatest guaranteed assurance (of Divine assistance) for all Jewish parents in need of special help and deliverance from on high for their children is through their support of those who study Torah.

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Early to Rise

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Emuna Daily

When R’ Naftali of Ropshitz was a child and attempted to rise early in the morning to serve God, his evil inclination would tell him “Why do you need to get up so early? It’s still dark outside.”

The young Naftali would respond boldly: “You have already risen to do your job – but you’re telling me not to rise for my job?” ~ Likkutei Battar Likkutei

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The Very Second it is Over

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Every body knows that in a few days it’s already Chamisha Asar b’Av (Tu B’Av). Gevalt! You know what the holiness of us Yidden is? – that we can get up from the floor (from mourning on Tisha B’Av) and expect Moshiach to come the next second! The holiness of us Yidden is that [immediately after Tisha b’Av], we are ready for the highest!

You know some people when they are ill it takes them so long till they get back on their feet, but “Hein Am K’lavi Yakum” (“They are a nation that arises like a young lion.” Bamidbar 23:24) Gevalt! We can lie down on the floor and be in the lowest lowest places, but the next minute, what do you think?! – we get up! From Auschwitz we walked straight to Eretz Yisrael, straight to Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh, straight to the Holy Wall. So I want to bless you and all of us, whenever any of us is a little bit down, don’t wait ten years till you’re back on your feet. The next second – “Ki Shocha L’afar Nafsheinu Dovko L’aretz Bitneinu Kumoh Ezrosah Lonu” (“Even when we are lying in the dust, even when our stomachs are attached to the earth, [we don’t give up] we still pray to Hashem: ‘Arise [Hashem] deliver our help!'” Psalms 44:26). The holiness of us Yidden is the very second it’s over, we’re already getting up.

In honor of Shabbos Nachamu, enjoy this audio of Reb Shlomo on “Nachamu Nachamu Ami” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dptj7zzIig

Today’s post is b’zchus my father-in-law, Eliyahu ben Eliezer Moshe.  May his neshama have an aliyah.

 

 

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Angry at the World

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Emuna Daily

When I first began to learn Mussar, I would get angry at the world but not at myself.  Later, I would get angry also at myself.  Finally, I got angry at myself alone. ~ R’ Yisroel Salanter zt”l

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Is it hard to see Hashem?

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Even the construction of a skyscraper with all its details of engineering, hardware, steelwork, elevator, heating and plumbing is nothing compared to the complexity of a small piece of skin.

When people open their eyes and minds and look at things like that, they see that Hashem is everywhere in the world. Truly, there is no fact as clear as the presence of a Creator. ~ R’ Avigdor Miller zt”l

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Always on Our Minds

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Emuna Daily

“Can you imagine waiting for somebody 2,000 years?
We’ve been waiting for Yerushalayim for 2,000 years.
We’ve been thinking about Yerushalayim for 2,000 years.
The truth is that I’m always thinking about Yerushalayim. It is the one place I never stop thinking about.
You can talk to me about anything in the world, but deep, deep inside, I don’t stop thinking about the 6 million. I can’t.
How can you forget them for one second?
How can you forget Yerushalayim for one second?” ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

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The Paradox of anti-Semitism

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Emuna Daily

The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges.  The anti-Semite simply has to make them. ~ Jack Schwartz

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