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?
Tag: Learning Torah
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?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Torah and Tehillim on Public Transportation
Q: Is it proper to say Tehillim or daven on public transportation?
Rav Avigdor Miller on When Is An Animal Carcass More Precious Than A Talmid Chochom
Q: What do Chazal mean when they says that, “Kol talmid chochom sh’ein bo da’as, neveilah tovah me’menu”? [Tana Di’bei Eliyahu] What does it mean, “A talmid chochom that doesn’t have da’as”? And why is a dead animal better than him?
Rav Avigdor Miller on the Yeshiva-Man and Chessed
Q: How much chesed should a full-time Yeshiva bochur be involved in?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Studying Niflaos Haborei
Q: Should a yeshiva bochur who is busy learning, use his time to study Niflaos Ha’Borei?