Q: Can you explain to me why some synagogues do not observe the Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) observance for the Holocaust victims?
Author: Toras Avigdor
Toras Avigdor Junior – Parshas Acharei Mos
Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Acharei Mos Once a Year BRIIIIIIINNNNGGG!!!! went the bell signaling the end of recess. All of the boys in the Horki Cheder hurried back to their classrooms. The sixth graders were especially excited to return to class, because Rebbi Horowitz had promised a big surprise for them after recess. The boys…
Parshas Acharei Mos 5 – Two Goats
Parshas Acharei Mos with Rav Avigdor Miller Two Goats Part I. Eisav in Our History The Most Unusual Kaparah In Parshas Acharei Mos, we come to the special subject of the Sa’ir La’azazel, the unique goat offering of Yom Kippur. It’s a very unusual kaparah, this Sa’ir. Its procedure is unlike all other kodshim. Although…
Rav Avigdor Miller on Isru Chag
Q:What’s this idea of Isru Chag; of celebrating Yom Tov on the day after Yom Tov?
Rav Avigdor Miller on Why We Say Half Hallel
Q: On the last days of Pesach we say only half-Hallel. Isn’t that because of מעשה ידי טובעים בים ואתם אומרים שירה (Megillah 10b)? Aren’t we sad that Egyptians were drowned and we therefore don’t want to sing to Hashem?