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…
Tag: Emunah
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?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Emunah Peshutah
Q:How does a person acquire emunah peshutah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Tefillah B’kavana
Q: What is a good preparation someone could make to achieve tefilla b’kavana?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Asking Hashem and Not Getting Answered
Q: Should I continue praying for something that I desire to get, even though I’ve been praying for so long already and I haven’t seen any results?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Peeking into the Chofetz Chaim’s Living Room
Q: The Rav said that we shouldn’t be reading the magazines and periodicals. So what should girls be reading already?!
Rav Avigdor Miller on Chanuka: A Big Dose of Emunah
Q: 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?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Learning a Lesson From the King of Kuwait (January 1991)
Q: What are some of the secrets or רמזים that we can learn from the fact that Iraq has attacked Kuwait?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Har Sinai – The Antidote to the Yetzer Ha’Rah
Q: How can a parent help prepare his teenage children to resist the יצר הרע?