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?
Tag: Shabbos
Rav Avigdor Miller on Shabbos and Yetzias Mitzrayim
Q:In kiddush on Friday night we say that Shabbos is zeicher l’yetzias Mitzrayim; it’sa remembrance of our going out of Egypt. In what way is Shabbos supposed to remind us of Yetzias Mitzrayim?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Gentile and the Shabbos
Q: Why isn’t a goy allowed to keep Shabbos? Since Shabbos is zecher l’maaseh breishis, it’s a memorial to the creation of the world, so it should be for everybody?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Becoming a Talmid Chochom
Q: If a person feels like he hasn’t accomplished enough in his learning, how can you expect him to be happy working at a full-time job in order to support his family? He wants to sit and shteig and become a talmid chochom.
Rav Avigdor Miller on Shabbos Sleep
Q:Should one sleep on Shabbos afternoon?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Shabbos Seudos and Mashiach
Q:The gemara says that anyone who fulfills the mitzvah of eating three meals on Shabbos is spared from three sufferings, the sufferings of moshiach, the suffering of the judgement of Gehinom, and the milchemes Gog u’Mogog. What does this suffering of moshiach mean?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Missile Attacks in Eretz Yisroel
Q:What should have been the proper reaction of the Jews in Tel-Aviv to the missile attacks this week?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Enjoying Shabbos
Q: If oneg Shabbos is so important, why don’t we find it mentioned in the Torah itself? Why is it only a mitzvah m’drabanan?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Choosing the Right Scientists
Q:How do I respond to someone who shows me the recent article about evolution in the Jewish Action and tells me that evolution is true, but that it was caused by Hashem?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Working Kollel Man
Q:Can a kollel man who leaves the yeshiva still remain a yeshiva man even while he’s involved in business?