From the end of Tape # 278, five days after the petirah of the Satmerer Rav, Rav Yoel Teitelbaum, zatzal
Tag: Gedolim
Rav Avigdor Miller on Pesach Hotels, Matzoh Balls, New Hagaddahs and Eliyahu Hananvi
Q: Why does the Rav think that going to a hotel for Pesach is such a big sin? A lot of gedolim do it.
Rav Avigdor Miller on Yoshkeh
Q: The Rav said tonight that Yoshkeh was basically an observant Jew and that it was only the later Christians who created a new religion. But then why is Yoshkeh called a meisis in the Gemara?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Watching Television L’sheim Shamayim
Q: If we would listen to you, and not watch television and not read the New York Times, then how could Orthodox Jews keep themselves informed of current events which might affect the Jewish community?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Satmerer Rebbe and Da’as Torah
Q: Would you say that the Satmerer Rebbe is a gadol batorah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Being Prime Minister of Israel and President of America
Q: If you were elected Prime Minister of Israel, what policies would you pursue?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Talmid Chochom Speaks to the Horse
Q: If the Rav is always telling us that we have to subjugate ourselves to the Gedolim who have the da’as Torah that comes from learning, why do we ourselves have to bother learning Gemara in depth and become lamdanim?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Chief Rabbinate of the State of Israel
Q: What is your opinion about the recent election of Rabbi Goren as the new Chief Rabbi in Israel?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Recognizing A Gadol Hador
Q: How are we to recognize who the gedolim are? Who are the leaders of the Jewish people?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Keeping Your Big Mouth Closed
Q: How should a private Jew react to the disputes between the Gedolim, or to the disputes between groups of Jews in Klal Yisroel? Let’s say that this gadol has a machlokes with another gadol. Or a certain group of Jews are in machlokes with another group of Jews. How should I react?