Q:The Rav has said that vacations aren’t always necessary. But aren’t diversions, such as eating out or going on vacation, useful as recreation to break up the humdrum of routine. Can’t we say that vacations are necessary for a person to get a renewed and refreshed outlook when returning to his responsibilities?
Tag: Women In Judaism
Rav Avigdor Miller on Tefillin for Women
Q:If tzitizis and tefillin are really so beneficial like you spoke about tonight, why don’t women use them? And what do they have instead?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Women Studying Gemara
Q:To what extent should a woman strive for Torah knowledge? And which aspect of Torah should she study? Is gemara included?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Calling People Fools
Q: Sometimes we see in the gemara that the chachomim in Eretz Yisroel would refer to the Jews in Bavel as בבלאי טפשאי, those foolish Babylonians. How does that fit together with the idea that you’re not supposed to ridicule people?
Rav Avigdor Miller on TV and Cocaine
Q:What should a married woman do with no TV in the house all day long?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Greatest Woman Ever
Q: The Rabbi said tonight that he believes that Moshe Rabeinu was the greatest man who ever lived. Who was the greatest woman who ever lived? And why?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Women and Black Hats
Q: The Rav said on one of his tapes that in the morning, when we say the ברכה of עוטר ישראל בתפארה, thanking Hashem for crowning us with glory, we should have in mind the glory of wearing a hat and a yarmulke. My wife asked me to find out why she says the ברכה…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Gender-Based Greetings
Q: The Rav spoke tonight about becoming great through greeting our fellow Jews with a “seiver panim yafos.” (Should a woman also greet a man with “seiver panim yafos”?)
Rav Avigdor Miller on the Loud Lady of the House
Q: Is it proper for a woman to make ברכות out loud so that her family will hear her and answer אמן ?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Snoods, Yarmulkas and the Mamleches Kohanim
Q: Why don’t girls wear yarmulkas like boys do?