Q: What does the Gemara mean when it says סימנא מילתא היא with regards to eating the simanim on Rosh Hashanah (Horiyos 12a)? How is eating a carrot or gourd a good siman for the new year?
Tag: Tefillah
Rav Avigdor Miller on Rav Miller’s Davening
Q: Why do you daven without any big noises and without any shaking?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Being Kovei’a Makom For Tefillah
Q: The Rav said tonight that one of the benefits of golus, of having to move from place to place, is that sometimes we get into a rut when we stay in the same place. So why is it that we are told to pick one place to daven in and not move from place to place?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Matzah and Enthusiasm
Q:How does one maintain enthusiasm in mitzvos?
Rav Avigdor Miller on New Nuschaos
Q: What was the main cause of the split between the chassidim and the misnagdim?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Amen Y’hei Shmei Rabbah
Q: What’s the intention of saying אמן יהא שמיה רבא?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Secular Studies, Gentile Prayer and TV at the In-Laws
Q:Why do you oppose the study of secular subjects? Didn’t the Vilna Gaon study secular subjects?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Why Are We Permitted To Daven
Q: If whatever Hakodosh Boruch Hu does for us is good, why do we bother asking Him for specific things that we think are good?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Restoring Tefillah
Q: The rabbi said that in our time, especially in America, we’re so busy with work and other things that we don’t spend enough time in the morning on prayers. Is it better this way – I mean praying without much concentration – or are we better off just not praying at all?
Rav Avigdor Miller on What Type of Minyan To Daven With
Q: Is it important to daven with a minyan?