Emuna Daily

“One who possesses Torah wisdom but lacks fear of Heaven is compared to a treasurer who has the key to the inner door but lacks the keys to the front door.”  Shabbat 31a cited by Midrash David

“As soon as you start measuring good deeds, to determine which is greater, which takes priority over the other — you have already entered precarious ground.  Your job is to do whatever is sent your way.” ~ Bringing Heaven Down to Earth by Tzvi Freeman

“It doesn’t matter where you are on the ladder.  It matters if you’re on the way up or on the way down.” ~ R’ Edward Davis

“To one whose self is his body, death of the body is death of the self.  But for one whose self is his love, awe and faith, there is no death, only a passing.  From a state of confinement in the body, he makes the passage to liberation.  He continues to work within this world, and even more so than before. The Talmud says that Jacob, our father, never died.  Moses, also, never died.  Neither did Rabbi Judah the Prince. They were very high souls who were one with Truth in an ultimate bond—and since Truth can never die, neither could they.  Yes, in our eyes we see death.  A body is buried in the ground, and we must mourn the loss.  But this is only part of the falseness of our world.  In the World of Truth, they are still here as before. And the proof: We are still here. For if these high souls would not be with us in our world, all that we know would cease to exist.” ~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe condensed by R’ Tzvi Freeman

In memory of my grandmother, Rochel Bas Aharon.  May her neshama have an aliyah.