Where is God?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Where is God?  Wherever you let God in.” ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov

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The Power of Tefillah

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“The power of tefillah (prayer) is so great, that if a person were to daven one single prayer with perfect concentration and the purest intent, that single prayer has the power to gather together all the other tefillos that one may have cast away and davened without the proper thought throughout the year, and bring them all up to be accepted in front of the Heavenly throne.” ~ Chasam Sofer from Torah Tavlin

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Even Negative Things…

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Even the most negative things in man or in the world can be exploited for the good, if one learns how to derive from it a lesson in the service of the Creator.” ~ The Baal Shem Tov

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The Only True Happiness

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“There is no happiness in the world in material thing; there is only happiness in spiritual concerns.  The one who enjoys a rich spiritual life is happy.  There is no other kind of happiness in existence.  ~ R’ Eliyahu Dessler zt”l

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Righting the Wrong

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“True repentance has to balance the wrongs of the past.  So a person should not become demoralized if he sees that his head is filled with desires and every kind of corrupt thought.  In fact, he is engaged in the process of righting his own wrongs of the past.

For now, instead of succumbing, he stands up against these thoughts and resists them.  In this way, he achieves true repentance, and he elevates the sparks of holiness which fell though his earlier abuse of the sacred covenant.”   ~ R’ Nachman of Breslov zt”l

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Friends

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to actually hear an answer!” ~ R’ Adin Kronenglass zt”l

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A World Becoming

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Emuna Daily

The times in which our generation lives are not ordinary times.  We dwell on the interface between two worlds: A world as it is and a world as it is meant to be.

Everything is in place, all the infrastructure to bind the world as one, the technology by which all of humanity can share deep wisdom, to grasp the secret of oneness with the human mind.

The stage is set.

All that is left is for us to open our eyes.  ~ R’ Tzvi Freeman

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Greater than Deeds

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Rabbi Eleazar said: Prayer is greater than good deeds.  No one had done more good deeds than Moshe, but still, he was only answered after he prayed.” ~ Talmud Berachos 32b

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When the Brain Kicks Out

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Understanding that a given situation is for the best is not emuna that everything is for the best.  From a spiritual standpoint, comprehension is a much lower level than emuna.  At the point where the brain no longer understands how Hashem is doing everything for the very best, emuna begins.  In other words, emuna kicks in when the brain kicks out.” ~ The Garden of Emuna

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Charity

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Emuna Daily

“Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch used to say: When you make a decision to give charity and to help another person generously–even if your decision does not reflect your available means–new channels are created on High to produce all that is needed for the fulfillment of your good resolution.” Igrot Kodesh quoting Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

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