Q:Based on what the Rav spoke about tonight, about how Avraham Avinu was careful to take a wife for Yitzchok only from his family and not from any of the converts he had made, would the Rav say that it’s proper to avoid being mishadeich with a gi’yores?
Category: Q & A
Rav Avigdor Miller on Being Born Against Your Will
Q: Why should we be thanking Hashem for His kindness, if He brought us into this world against our will, like it says in Pirkei Avos (4:24) על כרחך אתה נוצר – “You were created against your will”? I didn’t ask Him to make me.
Rav Avigdor Miller on Damaging Chesed
Q:If people are waiting for a Jewish owned bus, and I’m passing by and I could give them a ride for nothing or for less money, should I do it? Or do I have to take into account that I’ll be hurting the Jew who owns the bus company?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Angry Kohanim
Q: Chazal tell us that kohanim are easily angered. Why is that so?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Sympathy for Everyone
Q:If I hear about a tragedy that happens to a goy, is it a good trait of character to feel bad for him?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Be a Hypocrite
Q:How do we create the desire to emulate Hashem’s ways when actually we don’t have such a desire?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Owning a Dog the Orthodox Way
Q:My question is, what’s is the Jewish viewpoint on having a pet like a dog in the house?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Silver Lining of Frigid Weather
Q:How do we benefit from this cold weather?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Should We Pray?
Q:The rabbi said that in our time, especially in America, we’re so busy with work and other things that we don’t spend enough time in the morning on prayers. Is it better this way, I mean praying without much concentration, or are we better off just not praying at all?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Yeshiva University and the Mir
Q:Should I discourage my son from going to Yeshiva University?