Q:How should we understand the sins of the students of Rabbi Akiva that caused so many thousands of them to die?
Tag: Old Generations: Their Greatness
Rav Avigdor Miller on American Elul
Q: Why is it that in Europe, in the yeshivos and even among the balabatim, there was a real sensation of eimas ha’din, the fear of the upcoming judgement during Elul, while here in America we don’t see that type of feeling? Aren’t we frum just like they were in Europe?
Rav Avigdor Miller on How Movies Destroy the Neshama
Q:Is it true that one who watches TV or goes to movies has no share in the World to Come?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Emunah Peshutah
Q:How does a person acquire emunah peshutah?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Achieving Greatness in Our Generation
Q: Is it possible today to arrive at the greatness of the old generations? And if it is possible, then why doesn’t it happen?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Buying At Bargain Prices (April 1999)
Q: How are we supposed to find the inspiration needed to serve Hashem, when most of the people around us are apathetic to the whole concept of serving Hashem by always thinking about Him?
Rav Avigdor Miller on the Holy Women of Ancient Yerushalayim
Q: The Rav told us tonight that the Jewish communities in the times of the Beis Ha’mikdash were communities of kedusha. You said that there were many tzadikim who counted every word that came out of their mouths. Were the women of ancient Yerushalayim really better than the women of today? Did they really speak…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Snoods, Yarmulkas and the Mamleches Kohanim
Q: Why don’t girls wear yarmulkas like boys do?