As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And their outcry went up to G-d from the work.” (2:21)
The purpose for which Hashem had caused Egypt to burden Israel with such intolerable labor was to bring about this outcry. The outcry to Hashem is the great achievement of Mankind. Whether [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And he (Yaacob Avinu) kissed them (Efraim and Menashe) and he embraced them.” (48:10)
The love of one’s children is expressed by the love of the children’s children. Especially when the children’s children are young, the parent experiences a repetition of the love that he [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And he raised his voice in weeping.” (45:2)
Why did Yosef weep? His brothers did not weep. In the Midrash Raba it states: Just as Yosef wept, so also will we weep when we return to Hashem after the Galut. He wept not out [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.” (41:45)
This was one of the greatest tests which he underwent in his career. Wearing the king’s ring (41:42), clothed in royal linens with a golden chain around his neck (ibid.), riding in the second royal [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And his master saw that Hashem was with him; and that all he did, Hashem caused to prosper in his hand.” (39:3)
This that Joseph prospered was not merely a gift from Hashem, but it was bestowed upon Joseph because he correctly utilized every circumstance. [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And Dinah the daughter of Leah…went forth to look at (literally: into) the daughters of the land.” (34:1)
The history of the Fathers is unique in the especial protection which Hashem gave them: “They went about from nation to nation…He (Hashem) allowed no man to [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock…” (29:10)
The episode of the great stone which Jacob rolled off from the well occupies a remarkably large space in our Torah (29:2 to 29:10). One of the guidelines [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And Isaac trembled a very great trembling.” (27:33) “And he (Esav) cried out a great and exceedingly bitter outcry.” (27:34)
Here we have the case where two men were subject to the most awesome alarm. When Yitzchak Abenu realized that he had been in error [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And she shall say: ‘Drink, and I shall give drink also to your camels’. She is the one that You have appointed for Your servant Yitzchak.” (24:14)
A kindly person would have assented to the request for a drink of water. It would be [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And he was standing over them under the tree and they ate.” (18:8)
We learn hospitality from Abraham, but he learned it from the Creator. Abraham saw that nothing in the Universe is without purpose, and he saw that men utilized a tree to [Read more...]