Q:Does ואהבת לרעך כמוך apply to non-Jews as well? And if not, does that mean it’s permissible to cheat them in business or to lie on our tax returns?
Category: Q & A
Rav Avigdor Miller on Daf Yomi
Q:Should a ben-yeshivah attend a daf yomi shiur?
Rav Avigdor Miller on How to Fight Air Pollution
Q:To what extent should a ben-Torah give away time from his learning in order to deal with the various communal problems like air pollution and other problems?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Choosing the Right Psychologist
Q: Is modern psychology unacceptable to us now that some of the theories of Freud have been rejected?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Emulating Hashem
Q:How do I create a desire to emulate Hashem, when I actually don’t have such a desire?
Rav Avigdor Miller on How to Deal With an Insolent Boy
Q: A boy was insolent to his rebbi in the yeshiva. How should his parents react?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Saving Yourself from Gehenom
Q: Could the Rav discuss the types of sins for which Gehenom cleanses a person for Gan Eden and the other sins that will cause a person to have to stay there and not be able to come out? Who gets to Gan Eden and who doesn’t?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Unintentional Charity
Q:You said earlier (see yesterday’s Q&A)that one only gets reward for doing a mitzvah if there is intention added to the act. Can you discuss how that fits with what Chazal tell us that if you lose some money and a poor man finds it so you get reward for tzedaka.
Rav Avigdor Miller on Doing Mitzvos Without Intent
Q:Why does a person receive reward in the afterlife for doing mitzvos without any kavanah, without any intention? According to what you said tonight, the reward in the Next World is dependent primarily on a person’s thoughts?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Suspecting Hashem of Wrongdoing
Q: I just found out that a former classmate of mine passed away. He was only 21 years old. What should my thoughts be when I begin to question why Hashem would do such a thing?