Q:I think that if the people here saw with their own eyes, the plagues and Kriyas Yam Suf and the quail and the mann falling and all the nissim that Hashem did for us, they wouldn’t have to depend upon artificial and superficial enthusiasm when doing mitzvos. Don’t you think we deserve today an injection from Hashem of real…
Tag: Emunah
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Sword on the Neck
Q: It says in the Gemara (Brachos 10a) that a person should never give up hope and should never stop asking Hashem for mercy, even if a sharp sword is already on his neck. So my question is: Why is Hashem putting the sharp sword on this person’s neck in the first place?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Making Hashem Your Father
Q:How can we come to realize that Hashem is our Father? A:Now I’ll tell you something that you’ll think is a queer thing but it’s the way how to do it. If you’ll stand in a corner when nobody is around and you’ll say, “Avinu.” Say it again and again. Say it a hundred times. And it’s going…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Sarah’s Laughter
Q:When Hashem informed Avrohom and Soroh that they would have a child it seems like they doubted it – they both laughed. But then Soroh is criticized and Avrohom is not. What was the difference?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The True Humility
Q:Can you explain to us what is ga’avah and what is anavah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Why No Miracles Today
Q: You said a moment ago that it’s easier to come closer to Hakodosh Boruch Hu by seeing open miracles and that’s why our forefathers in the midbar saw miracles. Why don’t we have open miracles today to give chizuk to our emunah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Obligation To Look At Nature
Q: Is there an obligation for Jews to delve into nature in order to see Hakodosh Boruch Hu or is it enough to learn Torah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Repeating The Great Truths
Q: What is the benefit of saying the Ani Ma’amins every day? I believe it. Why do I have to keep repeating it? A:The answer is that it makes a tremendous difference in a person’s emunah. Some people’s emunah is like a very thin layer of paint – you give a little scrape and the paint comes off. Some people’s emunah is thicker than…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Irreligious Israeli Soldiers in Olam Habah
Q:I’d like quote for the Rav an anecdote from some of the greatest roshei yeshiva and thinkers such as Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz zatzal and the previous Vizhnitzer Rebbe zatzal that the irreligious Israeli soldiers have one of the most honored places in the World to Come. And, yibadeil l’chaim tovim, Rav Moshe Feinstein, said that most of the irreligious world, ruba de’ruba, are considered tinok shenishba and only a small amount are considered resha’im. In light of this would…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Emunah and Bitachon
Q:What’s the difference between emunah and bitachon?