Q: You said before that a person should eat with appetite and thank Hashem for it, but from Mesilas Yesharim it seems like a porush should eat only what he must. Is this a contradiction?
Tag: Happiness
Rav Avigdor Miller on The 9th of Av and the 15th of Av
Q: Is it right to serve Hashem b’simcha when other people are suffering tzaros?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Happy Frummeh
Q: Why is it that non-religious seem to be happier than frum people sometimes?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Motzai Tisha B’Av Lessons
Q:The gemara tells us that Rabbi Tzaddok fasted forty years before the Churban Beis Hamikdash in order to try and help avert the coming catastrophe. But doesn’t that mean that was probably a depressed and gloomy tzaddik?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Complaints Against Your Spouse
Q:What should a wife do if she has some complaints against her husband?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Post-Purim Lessons
Q: Now that Purim is over, what are we supposed to think?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Lazy Man and the Happy Man
Q: What’s the difference between an עצל, the lazy man who is criticized by the sages, and a שמח בחלקו, one who is happy with his lot, and who is praised by the sages?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Torah Jews and Lunatics
Q: If being a Torah Jew is so enjoyable, why are there so few Torah Jews?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Healing Emotional Instability
Q: What can be done about emotional instability?