Q: My not frum relative is inviting my child for Shabbos. What’s the best way to decline that invitation?
Tag: Raising Children
Rav Avigdor Miller on Shabbos Candles
Q: There’s a Gemara (Shabbos 23b) that says that if someone is careful with lighting candles so he’ll have children that are talmidei chachamim. What does that mean? What’s the connection?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Remembering Mattan Torah
Q: Can we have some practical examples of חנוך לנער על פי דרכו – Train a child on his way (Mishlei 22:6)
Rav Avigdor Miller on Hillel’s House
Q:It’s brought down that Hillel lo hikpid b’soch beiso, Hillel never got angry in his home. Could you explain that?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Mothers
Q: A girl who has some extra time, what is preferable if she wants to get close to Hashem? Should she go to a Torah class and learn or should she do extra chesed or maybe kiruv rechokim?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Persuasion and Procastination
Q: What advice would you give to a twenty year old yeshiva man regarding his parents’ wish that he embark on secular education?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Vacation Benefits
Q:The Rav has said that vacations aren’t always necessary. But aren’t diversions, such as eating out or going on vacation, useful as recreation to break up the humdrum of routine. Can’t we say that vacations are necessary for a person to get a renewed and refreshed outlook when returning to his responsibilities?
Rav Avigdor Miller on How to Get My Children Out of the Rut
Q:How do we ensure that our children shouldn’t fall into a rut of just doing mitzvos by rote and not really appreciating mitzvos and avodas Hashem?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Women Studying Gemara
Q:To what extent should a woman strive for Torah knowledge? And which aspect of Torah should she study? Is gemara included?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Women in the Workplace
Q: What is the Torah view of women in the workplace nowadays when supporting a family is often difficult on only one income?