Q: Why did the author of Mesillas Yesharim die when he was 40 years old? Wasn’t he a great tzaddik?
Tag: Mesillas Yesharim
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Best Mussar Sefer
Q: If before Rosh Hashanah we want to accept upon ourselves to begin learning a mussar sefer, which sefer do you recommend?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Happy Ascetic
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?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Fasting and Learning Mesillas Yesharim
Q: When is it considered proper for a person to fast a taanis yochid [a personal fast day]?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Leitzanus
Q: What’s so bad about leitzanus (cynical or derisive reaction to reproof or to events that might lead to self-reproach)and how does one avoid it?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Seforim and Fruit Stores
Q:Which seforim are the most important for learning emunah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Slabodka Mussar
Q:When one learns a mussar sefer, should he learn one line over and over again like I heard the Rav mention once, or should he keep moving and finish the whole sefer?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Talking to Hashem
Q:How does one talk to Hashem?
Rav Avigdor Miller On Learning Mussar
Q: How much mussar is a person required to learn every day? And what kind of mussar is best to learn?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Learning the Ramchal’s Seforim
Q: Someone told me that I shouldn’t learn the sefer דעת תבונות from the Ramchal. What does the Rav say?