Q: At the outset of the shiur the Rav said that we shouldn’t be distraught when tzaddikim are niftar from this world. But shouldn’t we be upset because we don’t have their guidance and also that we don’t have the protection they give us by just existing?
Tag: Tzaddikim
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Test of Discouragement
Q:You said earlier that the reward, the good things that happen to a righteous person are intended as encouragement for him to continue in his ways. Does that mean that the bad things that happen to righteous people should be considered discouragement?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Rabbi Akiva’s Students
Q: What does it mean that the talmidim of Rabbi Akiva were not נוהג כבוד זה לזה, that they didn’t treat each other with respect?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Tzadik Who Begs For Bread
Q:Dovid Hamelech said: ולא ראיתי צדיק נעזב וזרעו מקבש לכם – that he never saw a righteous man who was forsaken by Hashem and had to beg for bread (Tehillim 37:25). How do you reconcile this statement with the fact that we see many poor families who have a difficulty making a living and they have to go…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Avraham Avinu and the Chofetz Chaim
Q:How does the greatness of the Chofetz Chaim compare to the greatness of the forefathers?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Moshe Rabeinu Fills His Days
Q: Is there any significance in the fact that our great teacher, Moshe Rabeinu, passed away on the same day that he was born?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Strolling with the Gedolim
Q: How can one get close to a גדול בתורה, someone who is great in Torah and a real tzadik, in order to be able to learn from him and grow?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Resha’im and Mad Dogs
Q: The Rav said that everything we see in this world can be used to think thoughts of Hashem. What should I feel when I see a leader of the Reform Movement or another rasha like that? What should my thoughts be?