Q: The halacha is that if one has kavanah during the first bracha of Shemonah Esrei but is sleeping through the rest of davening he’s yotzei. But if he has kavanah by all the brachos but sleeps through the bracha of Avos then he’s not yotzei. What’s so special about this first bracha?
Tag: Davening
Rav Avigdor Miller on Mcdonalds, Davening, Jewish History, CPR, Comets and Chinese Auctions
Q: Is there anything wrong with patronizing a kosher branch of a fast-food store that is modeled after a goyishe franchise? Let’s say there’s a glatt kosher McDonalds, can I go in there to eat?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Saying You To Hashem (May 1999)
Q: How does one acquire אמונה חושית, tangible belief in Hashem?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Keeping Far Away From the Jewish Underworld
Q: In one of your books you write that davening with Modern Orthodox people who aren’t serious about serving Hashem is compared to sha’atnez – a mixing that is unfavorable in the eyes of Hashem. But I thought that we are obligated to daven with all Jews – sinners as well?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Who Needs the Malachim?
Q: Why does Hashem need malachim to constantly praise Him?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Taking Davening One Bracha at a Time
Q: How can one who has trouble concentrating during Shemonah Esrei train himself to overcome this problem?
Rav Avigdor Miller on the Downsides of Davening Vasikin
Q: Does the Rav think that it’s a good idea to try to daven at a minyan that has Birchas Kohanim every day?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Succeeding at Davening
Q: How can one learn to appreciate the great ideas that the Rav says are in the Siddur?