Just 5 Minutes Late

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“One who comes only five minutes late to davening every day, loses the possibility to answer ‘Boruch Hu Uvoruch Shimoh’ and ‘Amen’ five thousand times over the course of the entire year!” ~ R’ Aizik Ausband Shlit”a from Torah Tavlin

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Don’t Despair

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“One should forever arouse his good inclination to subdue his evil inclination.” ~Berachos 5a

“One should not grow frustrated if, after he resolved to avoid forbidden speech, his evil inclination got the better of him and he spoke loshon hora. Even if this happens time and again, nevertheless, he should not despair. Rather, he should forever strengthen himself to avoid improper speech, and persevere. This is how one should conduct himself his entire life… Life is an ongoing struggle with one’s evil inclination. One must forever be poised for battle and never be discouraged by failure. With knowledge of what the Torah requires of us and proper resolve, our efforts will ultimately succeed.” ~ Teachings of the Chofetz Chaim

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Two People

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Two people talking at once make noise, but two people singing at once make harmony” ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov

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Appearance

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Man looks at the external appearance, but God looks at the heart.” ~ Samuel I, 16:7

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Our Ancestor’s Faith

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Our job is not to have faith. We have faith already, whether we want it or not. It comes in our blood from our ancestors who gave their lives for it.  Our job is to transport that higher vision that gave them their faith down into our minds, into our personalities, into our words, into our actions in daily life. To make it part of our selves and our world.” ~ Bringing Heaven Down to Earth by Tzvi Freeman

Yesterday, the world lost a gadol.  Rabbi Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, the Rosh Yeshiva of Mattersdorf prominent Yeshiva Torah Ore, one of Kiryat Mattersdorf’s most highly regarded Rabbonim, and a member of Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah, who was renowned for wearing dozens of pairs of tzitzis passed away.  Here is a video someone sent me and thought I should share:

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Any Deficiency

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“A person must believe that any sorrow or deficiency in life is the sole product of Hashem’s will!” ~ The Garden of Emuna

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Great Lesson on Anger and Free Will

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“At the time of a person’s anger, faith in God has left him.  For were he to believe that what happened to him was God’s doing, he would not be angry at all.  And while it is true that the person who is cursing him, or striking him, or causing damage to his property, possesses free choice, and is therefore guilty…nevertheless, as regards to the person harmed, this incident was already decreed in Heaven and God has many agents through whom He can act.” ~ Tanya, Igeres Hakodesh Ch. 25

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The Greatest Wisdom

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“The greatest wisdom is not to be too wise, but to obey the command of Hashem without much speculation.” ~ R’ Yosef Patznovsky zt”l (Pardes Yosef) as quoted in Torah Tavlin

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Who is Blessed?

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Blessed is the man who trusts in God, who makes God his refuge” ~ Yirmeyahu 17:7 which is quoted in Shacharit and Birkat Hamazon

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Either Way, Someone is Hurting

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“We have a tradition from the Baal Shem Tov that when someone tells you ‘not good things’ about another person, you should feel great pain and distress. Because, either way you look at it, someone is hurting: If the story about this person is true, then things are not good for him. And if the report is false, then the one who has fabricated it is hurting.” ~ Bringing Heaven Down to Earth by Tzvi Freeman

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