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...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And I shall bless those that bless you.” (12:3)
From the very beginning Hakadosh Baruch Hu decreed: “va’avarecha mevarachecha” – I will give berachot to all those who bless Am Yisrael. The Talmud (Hullin 49A) states that this promise extends also to the descendants [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And Noach walked with Elokim.” (6:9)
The word “Hit’halech” (walked) is reflexive, meaning that Noach exerted effort and caused himself to walk with G-d. The Torah is relating that Noach became very great by “walking with G-d.” The Torah is our instruction Book to [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
A Succah, if properly utilized, can be a place of very great achievement. Here are a few ideas as heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L on how to maximize this opportunity.
1. Keep in mind that every minute you spend in the Succah, you are [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
Yom Kippur is the special day when we make Teshuba by:
1. Admitting our sins
2. Regretting what we did
3. Promising Hashem that we will not do them again
4. Committing to Hashem improvement for the future
King David tells us the formula for successful Teshuba, “Sur me’ra [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
Preparing For Yom Hadeen/Rosh Hashana
The main Avoda of the Judgement Day is focusing on “Hashem Melech,” The King. That Hashem created the universe and He runs it all. He is the only one that has any power and only He can do anything for [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
Rosh Hashana is Yom Hadeen, Judgment Day. The purpose of our lives is to gain Yirat Hashem, Awareness and Fear of Hashem. The worst ‘error of all errors’ and ’sin of all sins’ is to forget about Hashem. What does it help if a [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“Instead of that (or because) you did not serve Hashem your G-d in joy and in merry heart from abundance in everything.” (28:47)
“And you shall serve your enemies…in nakedness and in lack of everything.” (28:48)
The word ‘Tachat’ (”instead of”) implies something more [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“Remember that which Hashem your G-d did to Miriam on the way when you went out from Egypt” (24:9)
This is a command of the Torah. I cannot tell you how often we are to fulfill this commandment. Some Siddurim say it should be said [Read more...]