Q:If a ba’al teshuva is a shomer shabbos but he still smokes marijuana is he still considered a frum Jew?
Category: Q & A
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Purpose of Aggadata
Q:The Rav said earlier that learning gemara b’iyun is part of the process of doing teshuva for a ben Torah. Is learning the aggadata, the stories and lessons in the gemara, included in that?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Nations Reject the Torah
Q: I heard that Hashem offered the Torah to all the Gentile nations but they didn’t accept. Where do we know that from? Is it really true?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Staying Up Shavuos Night
Q: Should I stay up on Shavuos night?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Avos and Matan Torah
Q:Why didn’t Hashem give the Torah to our Avos, Avraham, Yitzchok and Yaakov, instead of waiting till Har Sinai?
Rav Avigdor Miller on A Derech in Learning
Q:If someone has the choice of learning quantity or quality what do you recommend? Should he concentrate on learning in depth or on covering ground?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Emunah Peshutah
Q:How does a person acquire emunah peshutah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Hishtadlus and Bitachon
Q: At what point does destiny end, and freedom of choice begin? That means, how much is decreed by Hashem, and how much is left for our free-will?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Shabbos Mevorchim Tefillah
Q:On the Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh, when we bless the new month before mussaf, we ask Hashem for a month of חיים שיש בהם יראת שמים – life that has in it fear of Hashem. And then a few lines after that we say, חיים שתהא בנו אהבת תורה ויראת שמים. Why is it repeated?
Rav Avigdor Miller on How to Marry
Q:What would you say to people who claim they want to get married but are very picky and always saying no?