Q:Why did Yaakov stop for 14 years in the yeshiva of Shem v’Ever if his father told him to go and get married?
Category: Q & A
Rav Avigdor Miller on Torah Love in Marriage
Q: You said about a year ago once that we should not believe in romance; that the Torah does not believe in romance. But it says Parshas Chayei Sara that Yitzchok Avinu married Rivka, and it says ויאהבה – that he loved her. Can you explain this?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Getting the Right Lessons
Q: The Rav began by saying that everything that happens in the world is for a purpose, that it’s not just by chance and that we should learn a mussar haskel. But if someone sees something or notices something and he thinks he’s deriving a lesson from it how does he know that whatever he’s deriving…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Tznius Conventions
Q: Rav Miller speaking: A young lady passed up a piece of paper with a question and she’s been asking a number of times the same question. Last week she put this question on five slips of paper. So I must answer. She asks, “Why is it that you must wear stockings if they’re transparent?”
Rav Avigdor Miller on Pleasure of The World To Come
Q: If every hour in the World To Come becomes more and more enjoyable like you said before, are we expected to desire to get there sooner so that we can start increasing our enjoyment already?
Rav Avigdor Miller on A Tzadik’s Untimely Passing
Q: Why did the author of Mesillas Yesharim die when he was 40 years old? Wasn’t he a great tzaddik?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Instant Happiness
Q: When a person has a feeling of unhappiness, how can he snap out of it immediately?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Looking and Greeting
Q: You mentioned tonight that we should fulfill the words of the Mishna, to be מקבל כל אדם בסבר פנים יפות – to greet everyone with a nice facial expression. But isn’t it a right way for a humble man always to have his eyes downcast when he walks?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Surveilling Your Children
Q:How strict should parents be with their children?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Kever Rochel
Q:Why does the Torah tell us about the petirah of Rochel and about where she’s buried in such detail?