Good Deeds

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Emuna Daily

One should not perform good deeds in order to live; one should live in order to perform good deeds. ~ R’Menachem Mendel of Kotzk

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You Can Help

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Emuna Daily

The very fact you know about someone who is in trouble means that in some way you are able to help. Otherwise, why would this knowledge have entered your world? ~ Tzvi Freeman

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Chumros

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Emuna Daily
Halacha must be followed without compromise, but chumros must be carefully evaluated.
Am I emotionally and physically able to follow these chumros without losing appreciation for the mitzvah?
Rav Yerucham Levovitz, in Daas Torah, Bereishis pp. 19-20,writes that one may not accept upon himself additional chumros if they will become burden.
A chumrah is healthy if it increases one’s love for avodas HaShem; if not, it is not only unhealthy but dangerous.”
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No Debt

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Emuna Daily

Der Aibishter Baruch Hu, blybt nit kayn baal chov, far yeder guter zach vos a Yid toot, tzolt ayr bemaytav mit bunay, chayei umezonay revichay ~ R’ Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch zt”l

G-d does not remain in debt, for every good thing a person does,  he is recompensed grandly by G-d, with children, health and livelihood, in abundance.

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Outbreak in Vilna

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Emuna Daily

In 1848, there was a widespread outbreak of cholera in Vilna.  Rabbi Yisroel Salanter organized 60 to 70 young men to aid the sick.  He personally was in charge of raising funds for medication and convinced doctors to donate their services.  Rav Yisroel was especially worried that people would fast on Yom Kippur and thereby endanger their loves.  He therefore gave a blanket dispensation to eat and drink on Yom Kippur.  To insure that everyone would eat, Rabbi Salanter publicly made kiddush and ate in the synagogue. ~ Tnuas Hamussar as quoted by R’ Zelig Pliskin

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Don’t Wait – Ask Everyone Today for Forgiveness!

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Emuna Daily

If you find it difficult to ask for forgiveness immediately, you should do so before Yom Kippur.  But care must be taken not to forget to ask.  ~ Orach Chayim 606:1; Mishna Brurah 606:3

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Who is Wise?

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Emuna Daily

In order to learn, a person does not have to be a sage – every person should learn. A wise person is not merely one who learns, but rather one who sees something positive in every person, and from him, he learns that positive quality. ~ R’ Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn zt”l

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It is Up to Us

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Emuna Daily

The way in which one acts towards others determines the way in which Heaven will act towards him…As our Sages state “Whoever has compassion towards others will be shown compassion from Above” (Shabbos 151b); and “Whoever refrains from exacting his measure [of retribution from others for the wrong they caused him] will have all his sins forgiven (Rosh Hashana 17a).  ~ Sefer Shmiras Haloshon

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Just Look Around

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Emuna Daily

One who does not see G-d everywhere does not see him anywhere. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe

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31!

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Emuna Daily

The Chofetz Chayim enumerated thirty-one Torah commandments which may be violated when a person speaks or listens to loshon hora.  The number of infringements will vary in accordance with the circumstances, but on each occasion when loshon hora is spoken many commandments are violated… Refraining from loshon hora is not merely a meritorious act, but an obligation of the highest magnitude.  ~ Guard Your Tongue

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