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?
Tag: Learning Torah
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?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Being Michazeik Your Rebbi
Q: What should a bochur do if he’s not in a good shiur and his Rebbi doesn’t answer his questions?
Rav Avigdor Miller on the Sugya of the Beautiful Tree
Q: What’s the explanation of the mishna (Avos 3-9) that if someone stops learning and says “mah na’eh ilan zeh” the Torah considers it as if he is deserving of death?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Moshe Rabbeinu and the Ktzos
Q: How are we to understand the ma’amar chazal that describes Moshe Rabeinu having a vision in which he saw Rabbi Akiva teaching Torah and Rabbi Akiva was teaching things that even Moshe Rabeinu didn’t know? How is it possible that Moshe Rabeinu shouldn’t know what Rabbi Akiva knew?