Q: What can one do to fight the bad midah of ga’avah?
Tag: Environment: Its Influence
Rav Avigdor Miller on Problems In Brooklyn
Q: What is the biggest problem facing the Jews of Brooklyn today? A: And the Jews in Manhattan?! And Jews everywhere?! In Lakewood too! The biggest problem facing us is how to be patur – how to free ourselves – from the influence of the environment. The number one issue is to be patur from the influence of our…
Rav Avigdor Miller on the Out-Of-Town Kollel and Draining the Swamp
Q: Is it wrong to move out-of-town to a very weak frum community in order to join a Kollel and do kiruv work in the community?
Rav Avigdor Miller on a Mother Can Only Do Her Best
Q: 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?
Rav Avigdor Miller on the Bitter Lesson of the Maror
Q: Is there a lesson that we can take from the מרור, that applies to our lives during the year?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Buying a House in Eretz Yisroel
Q: Should I buy a house in Eretz Yisroel?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Playing Pool and Taking Walks
Q: Is it OK for me to play pool, whether at the pool hall or at home?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Moving To Eretz Yisroel or Chicago
Q: What should be our attitude towards moving to Eretz Yisroel? Should we be preparing for making עליה to Israel?
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?