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Parshas Yisro with Rav Avigdor Miller An Ear that Listens Part I. Career of Listening Among the Great One of the more remarkable incidents in the history of the Am Yisroel is the fact that a gentile named Yisro seemingly came out of nowhere and became one of the great men in our history. There’s…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Beshalach Miracles of Snow Eli, Shmuli, and Rivky woke up excitedly and ran to the window to see fresh snow falling from the sky.  They were finally going to build the snowman they had been talking about since the beginning of the winter! It was going to be the biggest snowman…

Parshas Beshalach with Rav Avigdor Miller Learning from Others Part I. Learn From History Protected From Plagues After the victorious escape of the Am Yisroel from the land of Mitzrayim and the tremendous spectacle of Kriyas Yam Suf, the people were flush with the exhilaration of triumph – only a few days before they had…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Bo Knowing and Growing “Totty,” said Yudi as he entered the kitchen and saw his father staring at half of a kiwi. “What are you looking at in that kiwi? I hope you didn’t find a worm because I just ate the other half this morning without checking it!” “Oh, hi…

Parshas Bo with Rav Avigdor Miller Take Yourselves Sheep Part I. Pulling the Sheep Taking The Sheep As the day of Yetzias Mitzrayim drew near, Hakodosh Boruch Hu gave a special command to the Am Yisroel: בֶּעָשֹׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה וְיִקְחוּ לָהֶם אִישׁ שֶׂה לְבֵית אָבֹת שֶׂה לַבָּיִת – ‘On the tenth of the month of…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Vaeira Learning in Lockdown Nochum climbed the steps to Mr. Sternokovsky’s apartment. Mr. Sternokovsky was the most popular man in the shul – he was the candy man – and he always made everybody happy with his big smile. But today it was Nochum’s turn to make Mr. Sternokovsky happy. Mr….

Parshas Vaeira with Rav Avigdor Miller Seeing His Wonders Part I. Observing Miracles Purposeful Plagues When we come to Parshas Va’eira we should make an attempt at understanding the general purpose of all the plagues that came upon Mitzrayim. As we read about the remarkable events that transpired at that time, we shouldn’t merely relegate…

Parshas Shemos with Rav Avigdor Miller Ladder of Gratitude Part I. Real Appreciation The Forgetful King Only a few years after Yosef passed away a surprising thing occurred: וַיָּקָם מֶלֶךְ חָדָשׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָדַע אֶת יוֹסֵף – A new king arose in Mitzrayim who did not know Yosef (Shemos 1:8). Now such a possuk is…

Parshas Vayechi with Rav Avigdor Miller Personalities and Growth Part I. Brothers’ Personalities The Dream House In Mesichta Pesachim (4a) the sages tell us about a certain man who attracted the interest of the sages: דְּהַוׇה קָא אָזִּיל וְאָמַר אַכֵּף יַמָּא אַסִּיסְנֵי בִּירָאתָא – He used to go around telling people, “I would like to…

Parshas Vayigash with Rav Avigdor Miller The Result of a Good Deed Part I. An Eternal Act The Great Reunion In this week’s sedrah we read about how Yosef revealed himself to his brothers and then sent them back to Eretz Canaan with a message to his father asking him to come down to Egypt…