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Parshas Devarim with Rav Avigdor Miller Pursuit of Happiness Part I. School of Happiness Happiest Time In History It may be a surprise for you to hear that the happiest time in the history of our people was the forty years they spent in the Midbar Sinai. It’s a true statement you’re hearing now, but…

Parshas Matos-Masei with Rav Avigdor Miller Revenge and Justice Part I. Kosher Revenge The Grand Finale In this week’s parsha Moshe Rabeinu receives the tragic news that nobody ever wants to hear: וַיְדַבֵּר הַשֵּׁם אֶל מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר … תֵּאָסֵף אֶל עַמֶּיךָ – And Hashem spoke to Moshe saying … “You will soon be gathered into…

Parshas Pinchas with Rav Avigdor Miller An Everlasting Memorial Part I. Life in This World Keeping It In The Family In this week’s sedrah we learn about the dinim of yerusha, the laws of inheritance: אִישׁ כִּי יָמוּת – When a man dies, וְהַעֲבַרְתֶּם אֶת נַחֲלָתוֹ – you have to give over his property to…

Parshas Chukas-Balak with Rav Avigdor Miller Attaining His Favor Part I. Attaining Water The Enigmatic Well We go now to a scene in the midbar, an episode that we read about every year when Parshas Chukas comes around, but it’s something we don’t study enough. If you have a chumash, you can look inside together…

Parshas Korach with Rav Avigdor Miller At Someone’s Table Part I. Korach’s Table Korach and The Great Ones Everybody knows that when Korach approached Moshe Rabeinu to stake out his claim, he didn’t do it alone — he wasn’t the only one involved in the deadly quarrel. וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח … וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם … וְאוֹן בֶּן…

Parshas Shelach with Rav Avigdor Miller Fruit of The Land Part I. Seeing The Fruit The Mission of The Spies שְׁלַח לְךָ אֲנָשִׁים וְיָתֻרוּ אֶת אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן – Send forth men, and they should survey the Land of Canaan (Shelach 13:2). When our forefathers were approaching the borders of Eretz Canaan they were commanded by…

Parshas Behaaloscha with Rav Avigdor Miller Arrogance and Self-Esteem Part I. The Humble Man The Greatest Praise In Parshas Behaaloscha we find some of the most glorious words of acclaim that Hakodosh Boruch Hu ever heaped upon a single human being. About Moshe Rabeinu the Torah tells us: וְהָאִישׁ מֹשֶׁה עָנָיו מְאֹד – And the…

Parshas Naso with Rav Avigdor Miller The Dedicated Nazir Part I. The Ancient Nazir The Kohen’s Principle In our parsha this week (6:12) we read about the Nazir who became impure – he accidentally walked into a room where there was a dead body, or maybe he touched a meis – and he must now…

Shavuos with Rav Avigdor Miller Accepting the Torah Part I. The Great Mind Smoke and Thunder When we want to speak about Ma’amad Har Sinai, we all understand right away that the chief event that transpired on that great day was the Kabolas haTorah – the Am Yisroel received the Torah from Hakodosh Boruch Hu….

Parshas Bamidbar with Rav Avigdor Miller Order and Tranquility Part I. Orderly Life A Forty Year Arrangement And the Bnei Yisroel did everything that Hashem had commanded Moshe; they encamped with precision according to their banners, and that’s how they journeyed, oeach man according to his families, by his father’s household (Bamidbar 2:34). Although this…