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Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Bechukosai Sweetness of Torah The classroom was filled with the sound of learning as the boys learned with each other b’chavrusa. Rebbe Cohen walked around as boys argued and worked their way through the sugya, asking questions and coming up with answers. “Ah!” Rebbe Cohen exclaimed, after hearing Shloimy stumping his…

Parshas Bechukosai with Rav Avigdor Miller Sin and Exile Part I. Ancient Exiles The Good Land When the baal korei reads in this week’s sedrah (Bechukosai 26:32-33), “וַהֲשִׁמֹּתִי אֲנִי אֶת הָאָרֶץ – And I will make the land desolate … וְנָתַתִּי אֶת עָרֵיכֶם חָרְבָּה – And I will destroy your cities,” we are thinking, “A…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Behar Crowded Buses A hectic scene was taking place near the Central Bus Station in Yerushalayim. Tonight was Lag Ba’omer and buses were lined up waiting to take thousands of Yidden to Meiron for the yahrtzeit of the holy Tana, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Everywhere one looked there were crowds of…

Parshas Behar with Rav Avigdor Miller Speak with Care Part I. Hurtful Speech Two Sorrows In Parshas Behar the Torah warns the Am Yisroel against dealing unjustly with one another in monetary transactions: וְכִי תִמְכְּרוּ מִמְכָּר לַעֲמִיתֶךָ אוֹ קָנֹה מִיַּד עֲמִיתֶךָ – When you’re doing business with your fellow Jew; if you’re selling to him…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Emor Making Kiddush! The Greenbaum Family excitedly arrived at Ziggy Zaga’s Kosher Karnival. It was the best frum event a family could attend. This year, every single one of the rides had a theme relating to a different sha’ar in the Chovos Halevavos. The seats on the Bechina Ferris Wheel were…

Parshas Emor with Rav Avigdor Miller Pleasure and Shabbos Part I. Bread of Holiness The Holy Bakery In this week’s sedrah the Am Yisroel is commanded by Hakodosh Boruch Hu to bake twelve loaves of bread and to display them on a golden table in the Beis Hamikdash: וְלָקַחְתָּ סֹלֶת וְאָפִיתָ אֹתָהּ שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה חַלּוֹת…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Kedoshim Cleaning For the Robots The Holtzbacher home was abuzz – literally. The family’s new housekeeping robots were bustling around, cleaning the house. One robot with sponges for hands was busy cleaning the windows. Another was scooping up toys off the floor and putting them on their proper shelves in the…

Parshas Kedoshim with Rav Avigdor Miller Planting In This World Part I. Plant and Replenish Commanded to Plant In this week’s sedrah we are introduced to the laws of orlah in Eretz Yisroel, וְכִֽי תָבֹאוּ אֶל הָאָרֶץ וּנְטַעְתֶּם כָּל עֵץ מַֽאֲכָל – When you come to Eretz Yisroel and you shall plant all forms of…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Acharei Mos Once a Year BRIIIIIIINNNNGGG!!!! went the bell signaling the end of recess. All of the boys in the Horki Cheder hurried back to their classrooms. The sixth graders were especially excited to return to class, because Rebbi Horowitz had promised a big surprise for them after recess. The boys…

Parshas Acharei Mos with Rav Avigdor Miller Two Goats Part I. Eisav in Our History The Most Unusual Kaparah In Parshas Acharei Mos, we come to the special subject of the Sa’ir La’azazel, the unique goat offering of Yom Kippur. It’s a very unusual kaparah, this Sa’ir. Its procedure is unlike all other kodshim. Although…