Author: Toras Avigdor
Chanuka – Hyrcanus’ Downfall
Hyrcanus’ Downfall Transcribed from Tape #R-22
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Apikoris in the Gas Chamber
Q: The Rav gave an example tonight of people in the concentration camps who were still rejecting Hakodosh Boruch Hu even at the very end. The Rav also spoke about how yissurim take off some of the punishment even without kavanah. But if someone rejects it all together, an apikoris, will it still be an atonement for the person? Or is…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Arming Ourselves for Self-Defense
Q: Why is it that we find Matisyahu and other tzadikim in the older generations carried swords and today a Rosh Yeshiva would never think about owning a weapon?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Lavan the Holy Shver
Q: What was the merit of Lavan that he was zocheh to have such good daughters?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Lazy Man and the Happy Man
Q: What’s the difference between an עצל, the lazy man who is criticized by the sages, and a שמח בחלקו, one who is happy with his lot, and who is praised by the sages?