Q: Should a person ever give in to his desires?
Tag: Learning Torah
Rav Avigdor Miller on Seeking Models
Q: The Rav spoke earlier in his lecture about our obligation to become great in Hashem’s eyes. How do we start out on the path towards that goal?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Strolling with the Gedolim
Q: How can one get close to a גדול בתורה, someone who is great in Torah and a real tzadik, in order to be able to learn from him and grow?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Standing Proud and Mocking the Mockers
Q: What would you tell a Yeshiva bochur who’s afraid to learn because his friends will make fun of him?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Your Powerful Mouth and Your Powerful Mind
Q: People often tell me that I have to be careful not to speak about bad things that might happen because of אל תפתח פה לשטן (Berachos 19a). Can the Rav please explain that concept?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Shidduchim, Kollel and Parnasa
Q: Is it wrong to look for financial assistance when looking into a shidduch?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Financial Planning 101
Q: How does one cope with the stress of having chovos, debts?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Gemara vs. Halacha
Q: I only have a small amount of time to learn every day, and I was told that in the time that I have, I should learn halacha because that comes first. Is that correct? What’s most important?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Gemara-Healing
Q: The Gemara says, “Chash bi’chol gufo ya’asok ba’torah” (Eiruvin 54a). If you are sick, then you should learn Torah in order to heal. Would the Rav say that one can overlook this chazal and instead go to sleep in order to get better?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Leaving the Rebbi Job to Others (January 1987)
Q: Is it better to be a rebbi in a yeshiva ketana, and have to spend a lot of free time preparing to teach, or is it better to be a business man who has can more easily make time to learn for himself?