Q:What does it mean when we ask Hashem for life and we say למענך אלקים חיים – “Let us live for Your sake Hashem”?
Tag: Emunah
Rav Avigdor Miller on Being Mikareiv Your Professor
Q:How can I be mekarev a sincere college professor who is my physics teacher?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Proof That Hashem Runs The World
Q:How can we prove that Hashem rules the world? Maybe He created it and let it run on its own in a natural way?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Why Can’t We See Nissim Today
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…
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?