Rav Avigdor Miller on A Variety of Subjects
Q:
Is there anything wrong with patronizing a kosher branch of a treifeh fast food chain. Let’s say a glatt kosher McDonalds or something like that?
A:
Go someplace else; the name already smells bad.

Q:
Why is Aharon Ha’Kohen’s yartzeit mentioned in the Torah by date and not Moshe’s?
A:
It’s a good question. I don’t know.

Q:
Is it a worth choosing one shidduch over another shidduch because of a certain color of hair?
A:
And the answer is you can always buy any kind of a sheitel after you’re married.

Q:
What do you say about the man, Bernard Goetz who shot those muggers on the train?
A:
We say יישר כחכם – lang leben zohl ehr. כן ירבו! And I think it’s a good idea for people to write letters to the mayor saying that he should be given a decoration in city hall.

Q:
If a person listens to Torah tapes, is he mika’yeim the mitzvah of talmud torah?
A:
If it’s Torah, he’s mika’yeim the mitzvah of learning Torah. It depends what’s in the tapes.

Q:
Is the Jew who is accused of killing the diamond dealer guilty or innocent?
A:
I have to apologize because I left my prophecy hat at home. When I gain the gift of prophecy I’ll try to help you out.

Q:
I have a question about the book written by a person named Chaim Potak. May an orthodox person treat them seriously?
A:
Chaim Potak is zero. I hope this was heard clearly by everyone. Chaim Potak is nothing!

Q:
The body of which gilgul will come back in techiyas hameisim?
A:
On the subject of a gilgul, I plead total ignorance. I know nothing about it. Many things I know nothing about. That’s another one.