Q:The Rav said tonight that the suffering we endure from the goyim is a benefit to us. How could it be that we benefited from the decrees of Antiochus during the days of Chanukah if we weren’t allowed to keep our religion?
Category: Q & A
Rav Avigdor Miller on Love, Favoritism and Partiality
Q:I’d like to know: It says that Yaakov loved Yosef more than his other children because he was of his old age. What about Binyamin? Binyamin was younger than Yosef.
Rav Avigdor Miller on Showing Favoritism
Q:The chachomim say that one of the lessons that we learn from the story of Yosef and his brothers is that you shouldn’t show favoritism to one child over because that’s what caused the whole Golus Mitzrayim. Does that apply even if you want to give something to somebody’s else’s kids?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Daf Yomi and Chazara
Q:A working person who wants to learn every day, is it a good idea to learn a daf a day like daf yomi so he finishes shas in seven years or is it better to do less but to do chazarah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Owning a Dog
Q:Is it proper for a frum person to own a dog?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Working For Extra Money
Q:According to the Torah is it right for a person to strive to have more than just enough? Is it right to work to have more money than you need right now?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Like Sheep to the Slaughter
Q:The expression that the Jews in World War II went like sheep to the slaughter, is that true?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Overcoming Depression
Q: How can I overcome depression?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Hashem By The Kosel
Q:It says that מעולם לא זזה שכינה מכותל מערבי, that the Shechinah always remained by the Kosel Maaravi (see Shemos Rabbah 2:2). Is that true even today?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Blowing Your Nose Bracha
Q:We make a bracha asher yatzar thanking Hashem for the gift of being able to expel waste from our body. Why don’t we make the same bracha for sneezing or blowing the nose?