Q:We make a bracha asher yatzar thanking Hashem for the gift of being able to expel waste from our body. Why don’t we make the same bracha for sneezing or blowing the nose?
Tag: Brachos
Rav Avigdor Miller on Saying “You” to Hashem
Q: What is the most important thought that one should have when making a bracha?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Forced To Say Amen
Q: It says that גדול העונה אמן יותר מן המברך, that the one that says amen to a bracha is bigger than the one who makes the bracha (Brachos 53b). Why is that?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Teaching Your Child How to Make Hamotzee
Q:It doesn’t seem like children in the schools today are really learning about what the brachos on foods really mean. If parents want to be michaneichtheir children in the peirush hamilos of the brachos, at what age should they start?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Friday Night Blessings
Q: When a father is blessing his children on Friday night, what should he have in mind? And also, what should the child who is receiving the blessing have in mind?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Women and Black Hats
Q: The Rav said on one of his tapes that in the morning, when we say the ברכה of עוטר ישראל בתפארה, thanking Hashem for crowning us with glory, we should have in mind the glory of wearing a hat and a yarmulke. My wife asked me to find out why she says the ברכה…
Rav Avigdor Miller on the Loud Lady of the House
Q: Is it proper for a woman to make ברכות out loud so that her family will hear her and answer אמן ?
Rav Avigdor Miller On the Word “Boruch”
Q: What does the word “boruch” mean in all the brachos that we say?
Rav Avigdor Miller on how to Get Hashem to Think About You
Q: How can we say ברוך אתה to Hashem? Doesn’t it show a lack of respect when we express that type of closeness to say “You” to Hashem?