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Parshas Terumah with Rav Avigdor Miller Artificial Man, Golden Heart Part I. Deception Is Something Deceptive Chassidim I want to begin by telling you a true story. Right now it will be just a story but I hope that by the time we finish tonight you’ll understand it very well. Somebody was once talking to…

Parshas Mishpatim with Rav Avigdor Miller Doing and Listening Part I. Doing and Listening Doing More There’s a statement in Pirkei Avos (3:9) that I would like to speak to you about tonight and it’s as follows: כָּל שֶׁמַּעֲשָׂיו מְרֻבִּין מֵחָכְמָתוֹ, חָכְמָתוֹ מִתְקַיֶּמֶת – If a person’s deeds are more than his knowledge, then his…

Parshas Yisro with Rav Avigdor Miller Together at Sinai Part I. Truth in Numbers Emunah and George Washington I once heard a certain Rosh Yeshiva speaking to a group of boys in Manhattan. He had come from Europe and he was talking to American boys. And I was there; I was a young man still…

Parshas Beshalach with Rav Avigdor Miller Gifts of Shabbos Part I. A Gift to Treasure Black Gold in Pennsylvania Many years ago, in the mid 1800’s, there was a person who owned a farm near Titusville, Pennsylvania. It was a nice-sized farm but it didn’t produce like he expected – the crops were always poor….

Parshas Bo with Rav Avigdor Miller Bitachon – Relying on Hashem Part I. Misplaced History Where’s Egypt? When you begin learning Nach, in the beginning, in Sefer Yehoshua, you see that the Bnei Yisroel were busy conquering Eretz Canaan. That’s a good part of the first many chapters of Nach. Al pi Hashem, they were…

Parshas Vaeira with Rav Avigdor Miller Consulting the Sages Part I. The Sage In Egypt The Free Tribe In this week’s sedrah, we find that Moshe and Aharon were constantly coming into Pharaoh on a mission to have the Bnei Yisroel sent free. They would come into the palace delivering messages from Hashem, negotiating, and…

Parshas Shemos with Rav Avigdor Miller In the Merit of Righteous Women Part I. Holy Women A Historic Event In this week’s parsha we encounter a unique event that happened only once in our history. Something that never happened before and never afterwards did a thing like this happen again. What was it? It was…

Parshas Vayechi with Rav Avigdor Miller Peace of Mind Part I. Losing Menucha A Father’s Death When our father Yaakov was about to pass away he called his sons together for the last time and sitting on his deathbed he began to speak to them: הִקָּֽבְצוּ וְשִׁמְעוּ בְּנֵי יַֽעֲקֹב – “Gather together and listen, you…

Parshas Vayigash with Rav Avigdor Miller Lion of Yehuda Part I. Being Strong A Dramatic Scene We have in this week’s sedrah a very dramatic scene, maybe one of the more dramatic scenes in the entire kisvei hakodesh. The mishneh lamelech, the ruler of Egypt,is sitting on his throne and he’s castigating the shevatim; he’s…