Q:If everything is for somebody’s benefit, how can you explain the fact that someone wanted an opportunity for spiritual progress but was prevented because of circumstances beyond his control? Somebody wanted, let’s say, to become a yeshivah man or a talmid chacham but certain circumstances didn’t let him. If everything is min hashomayim, how do…
Tag: Learning Torah
Rav Avigdor Miller on Working and Learning
Q:How can one know whether he is spending too much effort on earning a living, instead of learning Torah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Talmud Torah Kineged Kulam
Q:Why is learning Torah so important that we say תלמוד תורה כנגד כולם, that it’s equal to all other mitzvos?
Rav Avigdor Miller on What To Learn
Q:If someone doesn’t have time, is learning halachah more important than learning gemara?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Night Torah Protects
Q:What does it mean when it says (Eiruvin 18b) that a house where the sound of the Torah is heard at night, that house will not be destroyed?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Best Merchandise
Q:You’re speaking tonight about the greatness of learning Torah and how important it is for a person’s perfection. But don’t you think that some people are better off making achievements in other areas? Maybe they didn’t have the opportunity when they were younger to learn how to learn and now it’s too late?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Parah Adumah: Learning and A Lesson
Q:What purpose is there in learning about parah adumah here in exile?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Does Talmud Torah Go Lost
Q:At the end of the fourth part of the Shaarei Teshuva, Rabeinu Yonah brings a possuk, בחסד ואמת יכופר עוון and he explains there that by doing acts of kindliness or by learning Torah even a sin as terrible as chillul Hashem will be forgiven. I’m wondering what happens to that Torah that gave you a kaparah? Does it…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Why We Count Sefiras Ha’omer
Q:What should we think about when we count sefiras haomer?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Kiruv Rechokim Versus Selfishness
Q:How much time should a yeshiva man give away to help others come closer to Torah and to yiddishkeit?