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Parshas Behaaloscha with Rav Avigdor Miller The Happy Nation Part I. Unhappiness A Difficult Career When we study the career of that greatest of all men, Moshe Rabbeinu, we find more than one time of extreme crisis. To lead a nation is never easy and Moshe’s career was no different; he was put to the…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Naso Don’t be a Looter Yerushalayim The boys in Rav Lernershteigen’s class listened closely as he talked about the concept of the Nozir from parshas Naso. It was fascinating and everyone was imagining what it would be like to go for such a long time without a haircut. “Why don’t we…

Parshas Naso with Rav Avigdor Miller The Nazir and Shabbos Part I. The Uncluttered Mind The Exceptional Nazir אִישׁ אוֹ אִשָּׁה כִּי יַפְלִא לִנְדֹּר נֶדֶר נָזִיר לְהַזִּיר לֲהַשֵׁם — When a man or woman will ‘yafli’ by taking upon themselves a vow of a nazir, to separate himself for Hashem (Bamidbar 6:2).  That’s how the…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Bamidbar-Shavuos Sitting in the Front Row It was a beautiful spring day as Shimmy and Totty walked to Shul for the Rov’s weekly halacha shiur. The shiur was really meant for adults, but Rabbi Friedman made it so interesting that Shimmy loved going, even if he didn’t understand everything the Rov…

Parshas Bamidbar with Rav Avigdor Miller Armies of Glory Part I. G-d of Armies Soldiers in the Army In Parshas Bamidbar, as the Am Yisroel prepares for their journey into the Wilderness – actually it’s their journey into the future of being the eternal nation of Hashem – we encounter an interesting description of our…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Behar-Bechukosai Don’t Be A Snake-Person “I have a question,” said Shimmy, as they finished reading possuk yud zayin. “Why does the Torah say וְלֹא תוֹנוּ אִישׁ אֶת עֲמִיתוֹ, when we just said אַל תּוֹנוּ אִישׁ אֶת אָחִיו just a few pesukim earlier in possuk yud daled? Doesn’t it basically mean the…

Parshas Behar-Bechukosai with Rav Avigdor Miller Tenants in This World Part I. Nation of Tenants The Unique Institution The Am Yisroel in ancient Eretz Yisroel was privileged to a unique institution not found among any other nation – the Torah law of Shmittah. The truth is that nothing even remotely resembling it could be found…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Emor Seeing and Tasting Rebbe Caplan finished speaking about Parshas Hashavua and Yitzy raised his hand. “Rebbe,” he said, “I don’t understand the Lechem Hapanim. Everything else in the Mishkan involved burning things for Hashem, the Ketores, the Korbonos or the Oil in the Menorah. But the Lechem Hapanim just sat…

Parshas Emor with Rav Avigdor Miller Gaining a Good Name Part I. Make His Name Great A Matter of Life and Death One of the many important pessukim that we come across in this week’s sedrah is, וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל – I should be sanctified amidst the sons of Yisroel (Emor 22:32). We know…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Acharei Mos-Kedoshim The Giant Little Mitzvos Basya sat at the dining room table, frowning at her Chumash homework. At the other end of the table, Yitzy was chazering the gemarah he learned in school that day, while Totty tested Shimmy on Mishnayos baal-peh. “Basya, is everything okay?” asked Mommy as she…