Yonah

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“Yonah Hanavi attempted to flee from Hashem.  Since this event was recorded in Scripture, it must have been remarkable.  How so?  Because Yonah fled from G-d once.  We flee from G-d on a regular basis!” ~ R’ Moshe Avigdor Amiel zt”l

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Belief in a World to Come

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“The belief in a world to come is the basis of genuine emuna, providing an explanation to many of life’s perplexities.  Our powers of comprehension and cognizance become greatly enhanced when we realize that our lives began long before we’re born and continue long after we die.” ~ The Garden of Emuna

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What People Talk About

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Emuna Daily
Bright people talk about ideas (Torah, art, business, history)
Average people talk about things (cars, clothes, houses, movies)
Unintelligent people talk about other people.
~ Rabbi Allen Schwartz of Congregation Oheb Zedek
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Love Letter

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Emuna Daily
“If you are experiencing trials and tribulations, know that it is simply Hashem trying to start a conversation with you. With emuna, a person can start to see their suffering as a sort of ‘love letter’ from Hashem, telling them: “Dear son or daughter, I love you, I miss you and I am waiting for your prayers…”  ~ R. Shalom Arush
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How Prayers are Accepted

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Emuna Daily
“When you are davening in deep concentration and thought, know that prayer is accepted with the amount of concentration it is said with.”  ~ Rabbeinu David Ben Yosef Avudraham zt”l  (Torah Tavlin)
Shana Tovah!
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What to Review before Rosh Hashanah

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“Some people spend time reviewing the machzor before Rosh Hashanah.  The machzor won’t change!  Better one should review his deeds and correct them!”  ~ R’ Mordechai of Densburg zt”l (Torah Tavlin)

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Clinging to Hashem with Song

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“The main closeness and clinging of Israel to Hashem is through the holy voices of song, praise, prayers and supplications…melodies and music.”  ~Rebbe Nachman of Breslov as quoted in The Garden of Gratitude.

With that in mind, I want to share some beautiful videos taken this past Saturday night at Selichos with the Carlebach shul:

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Don’t Stop Being Happy

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“Rabbi Nachman says: How much would you give not to stop breathing?  You have to give a million times more in order not to stop being happy.

We are human beings.  We are sometimes sad.  And sometimes we are 100% right to be sad.  But the most important thing is that even when you are sad, don’t stop being happy…” R’ Shlomo Carlebach

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Who does Hashem Favor?

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Emuna Daily

“Hashem doesn’t care about how much power, money and influence we have.  He loves each of us whether or not we have a university degree, and really doesn’t care if we’re Phi Beta Kappa or not.  King David said (Psalms 147: 10-11), ‘not in the strength of the horse does He desire, nor in the thigh of man does He favor; Hashem favors those who fear Him, those who long for His lovingkindness.'” ~ The Garden of Emuna

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Exile

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Emuna Daily
“It is not so much that we need to be taken out of exile. It is that the exile must be taken out of us.”
~ From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words
and condensation by R’ Tzvi Freeman, “Bringing Heaven Down to
Earth”
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