Silence

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Emuna Daily

A vort iz vert a sileh; shveigen iz vert tsvai. – Talk is worth a shilling; silence is worth two.

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Rav Kook’s Mincha

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Emuna Daily

The Gerrer Rebbe said, “I wish my neila on Yom Kippur would be like Rav Kook’s everyday Mincha.”

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A Jewish Cry

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Emuna Daily

How did Pharaoh’s daughter know that the child that she was pulling from the river was Jewish just from hearing him cry? Because a Jewish cry is unique; together with despair it contains an element of hope.  A Jew is always hopeful even when he cries. ~ R’ Mordechair Chaim of Slonim zt”l from Torah Tavlin

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Everything is upside down?

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Emuna Daily

Rebbe Nachman says, you are angry at Hashem that everything is upside down, and therefore you are sad, but everything us upside down only because you are sad, if only you were happy, everything would be good!” ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

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Massive Jigsaw Puzzle

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“We are all complimentary of each other, none of us complete, each one contributing what the other lacks, each one adding his touch of perfection to his fellow. Like a massive jigsaw puzzle, we fit together to make a single perfect whole. None of us is perfect without all the rest of us. And all the rest of us are incomplete when a single individual is missing.” ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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Money is Fire

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Money is fire.  It can destroy and annihilate, or illuminate and warm, depending on how it is used.” ~ R’ Elimelech of Lizensk zt”l

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While You Work

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“One must speak and learn Chassidus even while busy working in mundane affairs,” Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch demanded of his Chassidim.

“How is it possible to think about concepts of Chassidus while we are busy from head to toe in business?” a chassid once lamented to the Rebbe in a private audience.

“If it is possible to think about business while you are praying, it is also possible for you to think about Chassidus while you are working!” was the Rebbe’s reply. ~ Sipurei Chassidim, Festivals,” story 357 from Chicken soup to warm the Neshama

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A Bad Peace

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Emuna Daily

A shlechteh shalom iz besser vi a gutter krig – A bad peace is better than a good war.

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Reb Yaakov zt”l

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Emuna Daily

A woman once asked R’ Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l whether or not it was permissible to lie about one’s earnings in order to obtain government food stamps.  R’ Yaakov responded that this was absolutely forbidden.  The woman asked “But don’t many gentiles cheat about these things?” R’ Yaakov replied, “But they did not stand at Har Sinai – we did.”

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How does one reach perfection?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Emuna Daily

We’re put in this world to be formed into something beautiful.  And so a pummel here…and a knock here…and punch here.  We think it’s all a waste.  We would like to get along without it, but that’s making us, it’s smoothing us.  It’s making us into what we are supposed to become.  Part of our being in this world is involuntary perfection.  ~ R’ Avigdor Miller zt”l 

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