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Toras Avigdor Junior Pesach Respecting Chol Hamo’ed “Hi Shimmy, Hi Yitzy! Happy Chol Hamo’ed!” The Greenbaum boys, who were just coming back from shul, looked up to see their neighbor, Stevey Risnik getting out of the back seat of his parents’ car, wearing a t-shirt, baseball cap, and large backpack. “Gut mo’ed, Stevey,” both boys…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Metzora The Elephant Flies Away After the fiasco with Tzadok’s helicopter crashing at the airport, Mayor McGillicuddy took a liking to Tzadok “Hatzadik” and made him his “chief kabbalah advisor”. “Tzadok,” said Mayor McGillicuddy, looking up from a pile of paperwork on his desk. “Have you seen my zoo?” “You hev…

Parshas Metzora with Rav Avigdor Miller Hidden Treasures Part I. The Pot of Gold Plagued Houses In this week’s sedrah (Metzora 14:34) Hakodosh Boruch Hu says to the Am Yisroel, כִּי תָבֹאוּ אֶל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן – When you will come to the land, וְנָתַתִּי נֶגַע צָרַעַת בְּבֵית אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם – “I will give a plague…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Tazria Meeting Good People Avraham and Totty walked into Shul to learn together before Mincha. As they took two Gemaras off the shelf, they noticed that Tzadok “Hatzadik” was walking around the shul picking up tissues that had been accidentally dropped on the floor. “Good afternoon, Tzadok,” said Totty. “How are…

Parshas Tazria with Rav Avigdor Miller Silence is Golden Part I. Leperous Silence He’s Tamei, Tamei, Tamei “כָּל יְמֵי אֲשֶׁר הַנֶּגַע בּוֹ יִטְמָא, טָמֵא הוּא, בָּדָד יֵשֵׁב מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה מוֹשָׁבוֹ — All the days that the tzara’as is upon the person he shall be tamei; tamei he should be. He should dwell alone; outside the…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Shemini Dog Food Mishloach Manos Shimmy went into the kitchen where all of the remaining mishloach manos packages were piled on the table. Wow, there were so many yummy things to choose from! There were taffies and chocolates, hamentashen and rugelach, and what looked like fifty different types of cookies! What…

Parshas Shemini with Rav Avigdor Miller Our Noble Diet Part I. Animal Diet The Elevator Pitch In this week’s sedrah, when Hakodosh Boruch Hu speaks to the Am Yisroel and forbids them from eating sherotzim and other non-kosher foods, He concludes the command as follows: You should fulfill My words, כִּי אֲנִי הַשֵּׁם – Because…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Tzav Tzadok and McGillicuddy Clean Up Continued from last week… Tzadok “Hatzadik’s” helicopter has just spun out of control and crashed, sending wreckage flying everywhere. The Friedman family stands near the scene, surrounded by burning aircraft parts. “Vell,” said Tzadok in his heavy Israeli accent, grabbing a broom that happened to…

Parshas Tzav with Rav Avigdor Miller Lessons in Humility Part I. Humility To Hashem The Kohen and His Servant In the beginning of this week’s sedrah we come across a mitzvah that at first glance appears to be quite surprising.  וְהֵרִים אֶת הַדֶּשֶׁן. The kohen Hashem, the one who’s been chosen to do the most…

Toras Avigdor Junior Parshas Vayikra Start With the Kinderlach “Hey, look at all those cool airplanes!” exclaimed Dovid from the back seat. “Yeah, it looks like there’s some kind of air show going on!” Moishy added. “Totty can we please stop and watch?” Totty glanced at the clock in the car. “Sure, we have some…