Author: Toras Avigdor

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Bechukosai Sweetness of Torah The classroom was filled with the sound of learning as the boys learned with each other b’chavrusa. Rebbe Cohen walked around as boys argued and worked their way through the sugya, asking questions and coming up with answers. “Ah!” Rebbe Cohen exclaimed, after hearing Shloimy stumping his…

Parshas Bechukosai with Rav Avigdor Miller Sin and Exile Part I. Ancient Exiles The Good Land When the baal korei reads in this week’s sedrah (Bechukosai 26:32-33), “וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִי אֲנִי אֶת הָאָרֶץ – And I will make the land desolate … וְנָתַתִּי אֶת עָרֵיכֶם חָרְבָּה – And I will destroy your cities,” we are thinking, “A…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Behar Crowded Buses A hectic scene was taking place near the Central Bus Station in Yerushalayim. Tonight was Lag Ba’omer and buses were lined up waiting to take thousands of Yidden to Meiron for the yahrtzeit of the holy Tana, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Everywhere one looked there were crowds of…