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Category: Q & A
Rav Avigdor Miller on Marrying a Convert
Q:Based on what the Rav spoke about tonight, about how Avraham Avinu was careful to take a wife for Yitzchok only from his family and not from any of the converts he had made, would the Rav say that it’s proper to avoid being mishadeich with a giyores?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Being Born Against Your Will
Q: Why should we be thanking Hashem for His kindness, if He brought us into this world against our will, like it says in Pirkei Avos (4:24) על כרחך אתה נוצר – “You were created against your will”? I didn’t ask Him to make me.
Rav Avigdor Miller on Damaging Chesed
Q:If people are waiting for a Jewish owned bus, and I’m passing by and I could give them a ride for nothing or for less money, should I do it? Or do I have to take into account that I’ll be hurting the Jew who owns the bus company?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Angry Kohanim
Q: Chazal tell us that kohanim are easily angered. Why is that so?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Sympathy for Everyone
Q:If I hear about a tragedy that happens to a goy, is it a good trait of character to feel bad for him?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Silver Lining of Frigid Weather
Q:How do we benefit from this cold weather?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Yeshiva University and the Mir
Q:Should I discourage my son from going to Yeshiva University?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Raising Children
Q:How do we help our children prepare themselves to stand strong against all the negative influences of the outside world?