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At 211 degrees, water is hot.

At 212 degrees, it boils.

And with boiling water, comes steam.

And with steam, you can power a train.

Sometimes we could be one prayer from getting our prayers answered.

Don’t give up, turn it up. 

~ Gedale Fenster

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Last chance to answer the Question of the Week:

If you could have 3 guests for Friday night dinner – anyone from the beginning of time – who would you invite?

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The best time to start was yesterday.

The next best time is now.

Marriage is not a question of finding the right partner.

Marriage is a question of being the right partner.

~ Setting a Table for Two by Avraham Peretz Friedman

Today we are starting an exciting new segment on Emuna Daily. Each week, I hope to send out a “question of the week” and give you the opportunity to participate.

Some of the questions will be fun, some will be thought-provoking and some will be informative. All of them will be short. At the end of the week, I will share the answers with everyone.

Please take a few seconds and try it out. I can’t wait to hear from you!

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If Hashem would promise someone that He will help him, the person would be very happy.  He wouldn’t have any worries at all.

That is how we should feel when we have bitachon! 

~ R’ Elimelech Biderman

Depression isn’t an aveirah, but it pulls people down more than the greatest aveirah. 

Simcha isn’t a mitzvah, but it raises a person higher than the greatest mitzvah. 

~ The Beis Aharon

Yosef was sold as a slave by his brothers, but this humiliation led to his becoming a great leader.

Tamar was rejected, but this rejection led to her becoming the mother of the dynasty of King David.

We can learn from these and similar Torah incidents that any time we become discouraged from unfortunate events in our lives, we are reacting prematurely. 

Our lowest moments can lead to our greatest fortune.

~ R’ Zelig Pliskin

The Be’er Mayim Chaim explains that everything is for the good: either to free people from their aveiros and from Gehinom, to increase their reward in Olam Habbah, or to remind them to do teshuvah. 

And at times, the circumstances we perceive as bad are really good, only it takes time until we recognize it. 

The Beis Ahron zt”l encourages people to say Tehillim throughout Chanukah, but particularly on the 8^th day, Zos Chanukah, as on this day, Hashem is bestowing His kindness, and it is a day that is mesugal for miracles and yeshuos.  ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman

The flames of the menorah, a perfect row of lights are magnificent.  But then there is the shamash, just a little higher, in a row by itself. 

If a person devotes his life to self-enhancement, self-perfection, to growth, that’s wonderful, that’s admirable – but it’s not what will ultimately allow him to reach his greatest heights.

When a person becomes a shamash, dedicates his life to helping others give light, to become a conduit for light and love and hope, then he empowers and inspires others, then he’s living higher. 

To dream alone is awesome, but to help others realize their dreams is greater – because you don’t only bring out the best in them.  You bring out the best in yourself.

~ R’ YY Jacobson