Emuna Daily

Nobody is perfect.  Everyone makes mistakes, except for those who do not undertake anything.

~ The Lubavitcher Rebbe zt”l (1902-1994)

One who knows that everything he has is a gift from Hashem – that it can be taken away from him chas v’shalom at any second – the excitement never dissipates!

Why?

Because every moment that HaShem allows me to retain whatever I have is a reason for celebration!

~ Michael Safdie, quoting R’Chaim Volozhin zt”l

We Jews are proud that we have lived to see thousands of Jews who have not given up, who will never give up, and who are living proof that one day we will rebuild anew.

~ The Bluzever Rebbe zt”l (1936-2015)

Just one has a father, a mother, a wife, children, brothers, sisters….I can hardly bear to think about just one… And then I must multiply that by hundreds.

~ R’ Nochum Partzovitz zt”l (1923-1986) during the 6 Day War, lamenting the unbearable loss of just one soldier.

Build a ladder and let Hashem figure out how you get to Heaven.  

~ Rabbi Joey Haber

A wealthy man once asked me, “Rabbi Wallerstein, should I tell you what the greatest moment of my life was?”

After years of success, public praise and respect, his mother was already very old. Before she passed away, she looked at him and said, “I’m so proud of you.”

Those were her last words.

He told me that he was honored at dinners and in ads and on plaques, but that sentence means more to him than anything else.

Tell your children you’re proud of them.

Love, real love, means telling those closest to you how you feel about them.

~ R’ Zecharia Wallerstein zt”l

You have no better friend in the world than the One Above.

~ The Ribnitzer Rebbe (1902-1995)

When you proclaim in Shema that God is King over the entire Heaven and Earth, don’t forget to accept God as King over yourself, too!

~ R’ Yisrael Salanter zt”l (1809-1883)

Your faith should be strong enough so that if you are the last remaining Jew in the world, you can walk out of Auschwitz and still remain committed. 

~ R’ Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l (1933-2015)

For every breath we take, we owe a complete Hallel to Hashem!

~ R’ Avraham Grodzensky zt”l (1884-1944)