TAPE #E-12 Shavuos Together at Sinai THE RAMBAM’S IGERES TEIMAN Bruchim ha’ba’im. Welcome everyone. We are about to begin b’ ezras Hashem number E – 12. And we cite from the Rambam in his Igeres Teiman, which is his famous proclamation, the one he made when there was a shmad in the land of…
Author: Toras Avigdor
He Came Shining – Tape # S-15
TAPE # S-15 He Came Shining We will attempt to study a piece of Gemara together. It’s in Mesichta Avoda Zara on :ב. If you have an Ein Yankiv, you’ll look in the beginning of Mesichta Avoda Zara, and you’ll see our Gemara. THE SUMMATION OF HISTORY The Gemara tells of a vision of prophecy,…
Pesach – Tape #116
TAPE #116 Pesach To all of our participants, we’re happy to have you here. I wish to remind you that you have the right to ask questions; the ladies also can put their questions on slips of paper. This is tape number 116 and the title is Pesach. PESACH, MATZOH AND MARROR: THREE GREAT…
Preface to Pesach – Tape #214
TAPE #214 Preface to Pesach “THE BREAD OF AFFLICTION” MEANS THAT THEY SUFFERED AFFLICTION In our homes on Pesach night we make a great declaration, not only to our children, but to everybody in the world. And we say הא לחמא עניא – this is the bread of affliction which our forefathers ate in…
Pesach, Havdalah – Tape #E-271
TAPE #E-271 Havdalah The Secret of Pesach HAVDALA ALL WEEK LONG In the weekday brachos of shemonah esrei, the first bracha is אתה חונן לאדם דעת. You, Hashem, bestow understanding upon man. This is the great gift of da’as. Only man possesses it. And in that bracha we include, when necessary, the subject of…
Purim A World Upside Down – Tape #E-3
TAPE #E-3 Purim A World Upside Down WHY DO THE BLACK GOATS GO FIRST? ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר יום אחד. This possuk is not only important because it is one of the statements in the Torah – where everything is important – but also because it teaches us a lesson of the most profound significance….
The Sukkah – Tape # 614
TAPE #614 The Sukkah Bruchim Haba’im. Welcome everyone. We are about to begin, b’ezras Hashem, number 614 ARISTROCRATS ARE CHAYAV We read in the possuk the following words: כל האזרח בישראל ישבו בסוכות – “Every citizen in Yisroel must dwell in Sukkos” (Va’yikra 23:42). This is an unusual introduction to a mitzvah; mentioning אזרח, a…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Praying for the President
Q: What do you think about the election of Carter to be our next President?
Rav Avigdor Miller on The Greatest Woman Ever
Q: The Rabbi said tonight that he believes that Moshe Rabeinu was the greatest man who ever lived. Who was the greatest woman who ever lived? And why?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Jewish Clothes
Q: How come we don’t dress like the chachomim of old dressed?