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Parshas Emor with Rav Avigdor Miller Preparing for Kabolas Hatorah Part I.  Counting Sefiras Ha’omer Counting Backwards And you shall count for yourselves from the second day of Pesach, from the day you bring the Omer offering (Devarim 23:15). On that day the Am Yisroel, all together, begin the forty-nine day count in anticipation of…

Parsas Acharei-Kedoshim with Rav Avigdor Miller Abstinence and Pleasure Part I. Necessary Abstinence How To Be Holy In the kriyah this week we read the words of Hakodosh Boruch Hu to the Am Yisroel that most of us are already familiar with: קְדֹשִׁים תִּהְיוּ – You should make yourselves holy (Kedoshim 19:2). Now, there are…

Parshas Tazria-Metzora with Rav Avigdor Miller Returning to Normalcy Part I. Gifts of Life The Quarantined Man We begin with the taharas haMetzora, the purification process for the one who had been committed by the kohen to the state of leprosy. It had been an sad and unfortunate period in his life. מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה מוֹשָׁבוֹ – He had to remain outside of…

Pesach with Rav Avigdor Miller Morning of Redemption The End of Slavery In Mesichta Brachos (4b) the gemara states the opinion of one of the chachamim which we will study now briefly. He says there that geulah me’ursa nami havya, that the redemption from Egypt took place also at night. Because in the middle of…

Parshas Vayakhel-Pekudei with Rav Avigdor Miller Elevated in the Home Part I. The Home Gets Old The Focus of Sefer Shemos We’re finishing Sefer Shemos already and we note that we’ve encountered a very queer phenomenon along the way. We began this Sefer learning all about the shibud Mitzrayim; about how our forefathers were oppressed…

Parshas Ki Sisa with Rav Avigdor Miller Excited Over Him Part I. Excitement in the World A Sound Of Noise When Moshe Rabbeinu and Yehoshua were coming down from Har Sinai, the Torah tells us that they heard an uproar; there were loud sounds of excitement coming from the camp. אֶת קוֹל הָעָם בְּרֵעֹה –…

Parshas Tetzaveh with Rav Avigdor Miller Service by Ear Part I. Dedicating the Ear The Blood of the Ram When the kohanim were inducted into the service of the Beis Hamikdash for the first time, we read of a ceremony that seems quite cryptic. Before the kohanim would be permitted to approach the mizbeach to…

Parshas Terumah with Rav Avigdor Miller House of Thanksgiving Part I. The House Drill Past the Chitzoniyus When we read the remarkable words that Hashem spoke to Moshe Rabeinu, וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ — They should make for Me an especial place, וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם — and I shall dwell in their midst (Terumah 25:8), right away…

Parshas Mishpatim with Rav Avigdor Miller Money and Piety Part I. Awareness of the Laws Is Every Jew A Lawyer? Everyone knows that when Parshas Mishpatim comes along, right away people begin to tune out. It’s all laws! Laws and more laws and bylaws – with details! Some people might even think, “Bring back the…

Parshas Yisro with Rav Avigdor Miller Approaching to See Part I. Seeking Him Noblemen Need No Warnings When the great day of Matan Torah came and the entire Am Yisroel stood together at Har Sinai waiting to see the Glory of Hashem, we find that Hakodosh Boruch Hu gave Moshe Rabeinu a very strict command:…