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Parshas Mikeitz – Shabbos Chanukah with Rav Avigdor Miller The Eternal Lamp Part I. Reclaiming Yerushalayim Proclaim Your Love We’re celebrating Chanukah already and that means it’s almost three months since we were standing on our feet in shul all daybegging Hakodosh Boruch Hu for another year of life, another year of health. And if…

Parshas Vayeishev with Rav Avigdor Miller Tolerating Insult Part I. Yosef’s Merit Spit In The Face Many years ago I was walking up the stairs from the subway and a woman was passing in the other direction. As she came closer to me she mumbled something about Jews with beards being the worst type of…

Parshas Vayishlach with Rav Avigdor Miller The Everlasting Battle Part I. Yaakov’s Wrestling Match A Historic Incident I would like to speak with you tonight about an incident that took place many years ago on the bank of a certain river on the border of Eretz Canaan. It’s an important incident to discuss because it’s…

Parshas Vayeitzei with Rav Avigdor Miller A Career of Preparing Part I. Preparing For Marriage A Lifetime Career We’re going to talk now about a subject that’s applicable in many aspects of our lives. I’ll call it hachanah, the subject of ‘Preparing.’ Now, don’t be fooled by that one word and think that it’s nothing,…

Parshas Toldos with Rav Avigdor Miller Missed Opportunities Part I. The Sins That Weren’t Studying The Story The story of the episode when Eisav transferred the bechorah to Yaakov is exceptional. If you look elsewhere in the Torah you see that so many pratim, so many details, are usually not given. Large portions of the…

Parshas Chayei Sarah with Rav Avigdor Miller The Splendid Home Part I. The First Mikdash The First Sanctuary When we think about the destruction of the two Batei Mikdash it’s important to recognize that there was a churban that took place even before that. Before the Beis Hamikdash in Yerushalayim, we had the Mishkan. The…

Parshas Vayera with Rav Avigdor Miller Middos of Avrohom Part I. The Path of Middos I Know This Guy The Rambam tells us a big chiddush which we wouldn’t know ourselves; and the truth is that it’s such a big chiddush, that even after he says it it’s difficult for us to accept. And therefore…

Parshas Lech Lecha with Rav Avigdor Miller True Science Part I. Avraham The One Who, What, When? וַיֹּאמֶר הַשֵּׁם אֶל אַבְרָם – And Hashem spoke to Avram, and He said, “לֶךְ לְךָ – I’ve chosen you for greatness and I want you now to leave your place and go to the place where I will…

Parshas Noach with Rav Avigdor Miller Lessons of the Flood Part I. Learn Lessons The Robots Rattle I’d like to begin with a possuk that we say every morning in the davenen, זִכְרוּ נִפְלְאוֹתָיו אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה – Remember the wonders that He made (Tehillim 105:5). Everybody who prays, if they come to shul on time,…

Parshas Bereishis with Rav Avigdor Miller Seeking Hashem’s Favor Part I. Two Brothers Kayin The Pioneer Everything that is written in the Torah is a teaching; that’s the definition of the word ‘torah’ – it means ‘teaching.’ And it’s important to understand that whatever is closer to the beginning of the Torah is a more…