Q:We say Avinu Malkeinu during these days of teshuva and I noticed that in Shemona Esrei, in the bracha of teshuva (השבינו) and in the bracha of selicha (סלח לנו) we use those words. Why is Avinu Malkeinu used in those brachos specifically?
Tag: Teshuva
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Instant Spiritual Pick-Me-Up
Q:It’s almost Yom Kippur already. What is the fastest acting spiritual vitamin one can take for an instant spiritual pick-me-up?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Rosh Hashana’s Avodah
Q:If Rosh Hashana is the Yom Hadin, the day that Hashem is judging us, shouldn’t we spend the whole day saying vidui and confessing our sins?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Difficult Teshuva: Lashon Horah
Q:Is it possible to do real teshuva for speaking lashon horah and degrading someone’s honor?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Teshuva for Smoking
Q:How can a person do teshuva if he once smoked even if now he has stopped?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Rolling in the Snow
Q: What do you say about what’s brought down in some of the old seforim about rolling yourself in the cold snow as a form of teshuva, of penance?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Other People’s Tzaros
Q: The Rav taught us the principle of הרואה שיסורים באים עליו יפשפש במעשיו – that when we see that troubles are coming upon us we should search out our ways and do teshuva. But how should we react when we see troubles come upon others?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Yom Kippur War
Q: Why did Hashem allow the Arabs to attack us on Yom Kippur?
Rav Avigdor Miller on No Teshuva Without Hashem
Q: When a rasha is dying from AIDS and suffering, is that an atonement for him so that he should suffer less in the next world?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Highest Teshuva
Q: In some seforim they make it sound like doing teshuva is not so hard. It’s a process, but it’s not so hard. But in other seforim it says that it’s a big avodah of changing who you are completely. What’s the truth?