Keep it Sealed

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“A secret is very much like a balloon.  If tightly knotted, it will contain all the air blown into it.  However, the slightest pinhole will allow everything to escape.  A secret revealed to one person is as good as revealed to the whole world.  A wise man once said ‘If someone tells you a secret with the warning not to tell anybody, you should never entrust him with anything you want to remain a secret.’” ~ The Pirkei Avos Treasury   

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Glatt Yosher

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“It is more important, in my opinion, for a Jew to be ‘Glatt Yosher’ (straight and upright) in one’s dealings with other people, than to be ‘Glatt Kosher’ in what he eats!” ~ R’ Joseph Breuer zt”l (Torah Tavlin)

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Our Path in Life has been Predetermined

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“To attain the level of emuna that everything is for the best, we must learn that our path in life has been predetermined by Hashem.

We come to this world to perform a mission and to achieve a tikkun.  The fact that every occurrence in our lives is the result of Divine Providence – Hashem’s personal intervention and guidance – we can always be happy with our lot, whether things go smoothly or otherwise.” ~ The Garden of Emuna

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A Walking Miracle

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Any Jew alive on the face of this planet today is a walking miracle. Our mere existence today is wondrous, plucked from the fire at the last moment again and again, with no natural explanation that will suffice.

Each of us alive today is a child of martyrs and miracles.” ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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No Angel can Fathom

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“Each moment that a person refrains from speaking the forbidden, he merits a hidden light that no angel can fathom.” – The Vilna Gaon quoted by the Chofetz Chaim

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The Poor Man’s Korbon

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“The reason that it is permissible for a poor man to bring a smaller korbon than a wealthy man, is that his poverty itself is an atonement, and through it he is already cleansed of his sin.” ~ Techeles Mordechai from Torah Tavlin

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Don’t be Sad About the Future

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“People walk around sad because they don’t know what to do with their future.  You have this minute, right now! What are you doing with it?

The difference between sadness and joy is very simple: sadness always tells you, ‘Oy vey! What are you going to do in ten minutes?  What will you do ten years from now?’

If you are really filled with joy for one minute, then you will also know what to do the next minute.” ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach zt”l

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Trust in Hashem alone

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“If a person realizes that not one of the created things can help him, except with the permission of the Creator, may He be exalted, he will turn his heart away from fear of them or hope in them, and will trust in the Creator alone, as it says: ‘Trust not in rulers, in a human being, in whom there is no deliverance’ (Tehillim 146:3)” ~ Chovos Halevovos

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Your Deeds are Recorded in a Book

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Emuna Daily

The end of the first mishna of the second chapter of Pirkei Avos states “Consider three things and you will not come into the grip of sin: Know what is above you – a watchful Eye, an attentive Ear, and all your deeds are recorded in a Book.”

People tend to underestimate the significance of their actions and thoughts.  The Midrash (Vayikra Rabbah 34:9) teaches: Had Reuben known that God would write [in the Torah, that he had wanted to rescue Joseph], Reuben would have carried Joseph on his shoulders.  Had Boaz known that God would record that he had given some food to Ruth, he would have given her a sumptuous meal.

The mishna therefore teaches that all of our deeds are recorded in a Book because they truly are important.  If we are constantly aware of the significance of our actions and that everything is being recorded, it will prevent us from stumbling into sin.

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There is Always Hope

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Emuna Daily

“There is always hope.

Even when you mess up, you have not wrestled control from Him. After all the dust has settled, where you are and how you are is exactly as He had planned at the outset of creation.

And so, there is always hope.” ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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