Selichos

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Emuna Daily

Reb Shlomo said that sometimes when you go into the emergency room,
you sit down and are patient to be seen. But when you have a really
serious medical problem that can’t wait, you go right past the door and
scream, “emergency, it’s an emergency.” Selichos is when a person
cries to Hashem and says, “I’m an emergency.”

Selichos is when I realize that I can’t wait to be close to You again!
I can’t wait to correct my ways, I need You to help me let myself be
me again, right now. Please!  My whole life is an emergency.  Praying to
G-d on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur is the medicine.

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Get us Out of Here

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Emuna Daily

Perhaps, for you, this exile is not so bad.  And you feel you are doing whatever you can about it, anyway.

But it is not just you.  Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all their children through all the generations, as well as the heavenly host – in fact the entire Creation – all is unfulfilled, in exile and imprisoned.  Even the Creator, blessed be He, locks Himself into prison along with His Creation. Until you get us out of here.” ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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Don’t Rely on Yourself

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“If he relies on his wisdom and ingenuity, his physical strength and his own efforts, he will labor in vain, his strength will fail, and his ingenuity will be inadequate to achieve his goal, as it says in Scriptures: ‘He traps the clever in their own cunning.’ (Iyov 5:13); ‘Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor the bread to the wise.’ (Koheles 9:11); ‘Young lions are poor and hungry, but those who seek G-d lack nothing that is good.’ (Tehillim 34:11).” ~ Chovos Halevovos

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The Peasant’s Message

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Even a peasant who has a message from the king from a long-lost beloved son, is promptly ushered into the throne room.  The tefillah of a person who does teshuvah, is precisely such a message and is warmly and promptly welcomed by Hashem.” ~ The Maggid of Mezeritch zt”l

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The Need for Personal Prayer

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Emuna Daily

The Gemara in tractate Succa says that the Evil Inclination is so mighty that a person cannot prevail over it without Hashem’s help.  Conclusion – no personal prayer means that a person is without Hashem; without Hashem, a person falls victim to the Evil Inclination. ~ R’ Shalom Arush

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Are You Confident?

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“If you are confident that G-d will help you, then why is misery and anxiety written all across your face? If you are really confident, celebrate!” – R’ Tzvi Freeman

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Students

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Emuna Daily

Rebbe Yehudah HaNasi said: “I learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues and most from my students.” ~ Talmud Ta’anit 7a

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Your Potential

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Emuna Daily

The amount of merchandise a laborer is expected to produce is in proportion to the material he is given to work with.

A person is expected to accomplish in the spiritual realm in accordance with the inborn abilities with which Hashem has blessed him. When he stands before the Heavenly Tribunal, he will be held accountable if his accomplishments fall short of his potential. ~ The Chofetz Chaim

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Great Line

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Don’t be so humble – you are not that great.” ~ Golda Meir to a visiting diplomat

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Self Confidence

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Our holy master Rebbe Nachman says: The greatest gift we can give someone is to give him back his self confidence.” ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach

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