Q: Don’t we have a responsibility to daven for resha’im that they should do teshuva? So why do we say “V’lamalshinim” three times a day, and pray for the demise of the wicked?
Tag: Reshaim
Rav Avigdor Miller on Cursing the Wicked
Q: We say “zichrono li’vracha” or “zeicher tzadik li’vrocho” for a tzadik. Why don’t we say on a rasha “shem risha’im yirkav” – the name of the resha’im should rot?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Resha’im and Mad Dogs
Q: The Rav said that everything we see in this world can be used to think thoughts of Hashem. What should I feel when I see a leader of the Reform Movement or another rasha like that? What should my thoughts be?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Keeping Yerushalayim Under Jewish Control (July 2000)
Q: Should frum Jews be concerned about ירושלים falling into the hands of goyim before the time of Moshiach, or is that something that shouldn’t concern us?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Little Chassidishe Boy and the Big Bad Greek
Q: Why do we mention the idea of רשעים ביד צדיקים in Al Hanisim? Isn’t the miracle that it was רבים ביד מעטים, a multitude falling into the hands of the few?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Why Were Good People Killed During the Holocaust
Q: The Gemara in Baba Kama teaches us that when Hashem gives permission to the “mashchis” to destroy, the “mashchis“ does not differentiate between a tzaddik and a rasha. Why is this so?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Making Friends With Resha’im
Q: How should I deal with people who are nasty or unpleasant? Should I be nice to them?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Kosher Revenge
Q: If Hashem is the epitome chesed v’emes, why does there have to be nekama from the resha’im? Is that chesed?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Fighting Reshaim and Shalom Bayis
Q: Is it better to fight against the Zionists and other enemies or should we just ignore them?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Face of the Rasha
Q: What is the problem with looking at the face of a wicked person? [ אסור לאדם להסתכל בצלם דמות אדם רשע – “It is forbidden for one to gaze at the face (image) of a wicked person” (Megillah 28a). ]