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Do you approve of a husband or wife going away for Shabbos without their spouse?
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Tag: Chinuch
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 Your Mother Washing Your Mouth out with Soap
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Chazal tell us that we should always make sure to speak לשון נקיה, a clean language (· פסחים ג). How does one make the determination of what is included in the category of לשון נקיה?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Teaching Yourself and Teaching Your Children
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It doesn’t seem like children in the schools today are really learning about what the ברכות on foods really mean. If parents want to be מחנך their children in the פירוש המילות of ברכות, at what age should they start?
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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 Ha’mikdash was that the נר מערבי always burned longer than it should have. So why was it such a big נס that on Chanukah the oil burned for eight days?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on The Caress and the Potch (April 2000)
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How do I communicate with a child who is just not listening and doesn’t want to communicate?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Saying “Please” To Your Child
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The Rav mentioned earlier that a parent should use the word “please” when speaking to a child. But doesn’t saying the word “please” imply that the request is really only going to be a favor on the part of the child?
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