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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?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Cursing the Wicked
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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?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Resha’im and Mad Dogs
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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?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Keeping Yerushalayim Under Jewish Control (July 2000)
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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?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on The Little Chassidishe Boy and the Big Bad Greek
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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?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Why Were Good People Killed During the Holocaust
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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?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Making Friends With Resha’im
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How should I deal with people who are nasty or unpleasant? Should I be nice to them?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Kosher Revenge
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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
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Is it better to fight against the Zionists and other enemies or should we just ignore them?
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Rav Avigdor Miller on The Face of the Rasha
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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). ]
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