Q:
The Rav said tonight that Dovid Hamelech reached greatness because of his constant singing of praises to Hashem. But the Rav has said in the past that music lessons for children are a waste of time. Can that be explained more clearly?
Tag: Chinuch
Rav Avigdor Miller on Teaching Your Son How to Learn Gemara
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How can we train young boys to make a laining on a piece of gemara, to be able to read a gemara on their own, without the agmas nefesh that a lot of children and parents suffer through?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Teaching Your Child How to Make Hamotzee
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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 What is Lashon Nekiyah
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Chazal tell us that we should always make sure to speak lashon nekiyah, a clean language (Pesachim 3a). How does one make the determination of what is included in the category of clean or unclean language?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Shabbos Separations
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Do you approve of a husband or wife going away for Shabbos without their spouse?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Women and Black Hats
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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 of עוטר ישראל בתפארה?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on the Arabs and the Libraries
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How do we help our children prepare themselves to stand strong against all the negative influences of the outside world?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on a Mother Can Only Do Her Best
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If it’s true what the Rav said tonight that a mother can have such an important influence on a child’s spiritual development, why did Eisav turn out so bad? Why didn’t Rivka’s righteousness make Eisav a better person?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Giving Mussar to Your Children
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Chazal say that Yakov Avinu waited until right before he died to give his children mussar. How could he raise his children all those years without giving them any mussar?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Chanuka: A Big Dose of Emunah
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Chazal tell us that one of the nissim in the Bais Hamikdash was that the ner ma’aravi always burned longer than it should have. So why was it such a big neis that on Chanukah the oil burned for eight days?
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