Emuna Daily

Rava told the people of his community, “Honor your wives so that you will become wealthy”

~ Bava Metzia 59a

R’ Eliemech Biderman explains, that at the first sin of creation, women were cursed that their husbands would rule over them. Men were cursed with the burden of working for a parnassah. 

Therefore, if a man will relieve his wife from her curse by honoring her, and not ruling over her, he will be liberated from his curse, and won’t need to work hard to earn his parnassah. As Chazal say, “Honor your wives, so that you will become wealthy.”

The purpose of prayer is not to get us out of trouble.

The purpose of trouble is to get us into prayer.

~ R’ Yitzchak Hutner zt”l (1906-1980)

Quickly write down the top 3 blessings you have in your life.

Now, look at the list.

How many people wrote, “I’m thankful to be a Jew?”

Most people do not, but not because they don’t feel that way.

They realize it, but they aren’t living with it; they are not experiencing constant gratitude at the fact that they are Jews.

Live with it, express it, discuss it always, and your children will realize how fortunate they are, how truly blessed they are that they get to serve Hashem.

~ R’ Shalom Yona Weiss

An act of kindness performed today is like a seed that blossoms forth salvation at the most beneficial time, either for you or for a future descendant. 

~ R’ Samson Rafael Hirsch zt”l (1808-1888)

Rabbi Yisroel Salanter would constantly say that the root of all transgressions is a lack of Emuna. 

It comes from a failure to internalize the fact that there is a reward for doing good and punishment for doing wrong.  

It comes from a failure to visualize how an evil person suffers in Gehenom while the righteous are blessed with eternal ecstasy. 

~ R’ Chaim Mordechai Katz zt”l (1894-1964)

To attain bitachon, one also needs bitachon!

Have bitachon that Hashem will help you attain bitachon!

~ The Satmar Rebbe zt”l (1887-1979)

The Gemara (Sanhedrin 88b) describes a person who merits a place in the World to Come as one who is unpretentious, has a humble posture, bends his head when he enters and leaves [to avoid attention], and regularly studies Torah, yet does not take credit for himself.

~ Orchos Yosher

Hashem desires our success even more than we desire it for ourselves!

Knowing this should fill us with serenity…

~ R’ Meir Simcha HaKohen of Dvinsk zt”l (1843–1926)

When one is afraid, the fear itself makes it more likely for that which is feared to occur, r’l.

~ R’ Elimelech Biderman

Our Emuna in Hashem must be complete and absolute.

A compromised Emuna is not Emuna.

~ R’ Chaim Soleveitchik zt”l (1853-1918)