Q: Do the references to the Am Yisroel in tanach, which speak about their uniqueness in the world, refer only to observant Jews or to all Jews ?
Author: Toras Avigdor
Parshas Yisro – Naaseh V’nishma
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Fooling Your Wife
Q: Many times the Rav has advocated here that a person should demonstrate good character, even though he doesn’t really have good character. You said tonight that a man should always act like a fine gentleman even though he isn’t. But isn’t that just plain wrong because we’re deceiving people?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Wise Fool
Q: Someone mentioned to me that if a person puts on two garments at once it will cause him to forget his learning (see Mishna Berura 2:2). What does that mean?
Rav Avigdor Miller on When the Christians Are More Sincere Than You
Q: The Rav told us last week that having a television in the home is the same as having a sewage pipe leading directly into the living room, depositing the city’s sewage onto your living room floor. If that’s true, what would you compare radio and newspapers to?
Rav Avigdor Miller Interrupting Learning To Look At Trees
Q: What does the mishna mean when it says that if someone interrupts his learning to look at at the beauty of a tree, that he’s מתחייב בנפשו, he’s responsible for his own demise ( Avos 3:7)?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Giving In To Your Desires
Q: Should a person ever give in to his desires?
Parshas Beshalach
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Seeking Models
Q: The Rav spoke earlier in his lecture about our obligation to become great in Hashem’s eyes. How do we start out on the path towards that goal?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Asking Hashem and Not Getting Answered
Q: Should I continue praying for something that I desire to get, even though I’ve been praying for so long already and I haven’t seen any results?