As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“Hear, Israel! Hashem (is) our G-d, Hashem is one.” (6:4)
The recitation of the following is a Torah obligation. The exhortation “Hear!” is actually the Israelite’s way of life. “We shall do and we shall listen,” (Shemot 24:7) was the vow that Israel made [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 Moshe wrote their goings forth according to their places of journeying by the mouth of Hashem.” (33:2)
Moshe wrote at Hashem’s command. “Said the Holy One blessed is He to Moshe: Write the journeys that Israel journeyed in the Wilderness in order that [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“Mizmor Shir Leyom Hashabbat Tov Lehodot LaHashem…” (Tehillim 92:2)
“A Psalm, a song for the Shabbat Day: It is Good to give thanks to Hashem, and to sing to Your name, O Most High.” What is good? The best thing in the world is [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And you will see it.” (27:12)
Why was it necessary to see the land? Moshe surely believed Hashem’s promises of the exceptional excellence of the land, and even without viewing the land he would be deeply grateful to Hashem. But here we learn we are [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“This is the statute of the Torah.” (19:2)
The subject of Parah Adumah (the red heifer) is based on the fact of the Tum’ah of a dead body. This is the most severe form of uncleanliness and is called “the father of the fathers of [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And the ground shall open her mouth and swallow them up.” (16:30)
The question arises: Did Korach not know that Moshe had been granted the power to split apart the Sea of Suf with his staff? Did he forget the miraculous signs which Moshe [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And you will see it and you will remember all the Mitzvot of Hashem and you will do them.” (15:39)
The Mitzvah of Sisit is a Commandment which is categorized as an ‘Edut’, Testimony. An Edut testifies to Historical events or great principles. Since we [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And Hashem said to Moses: Gather to me seventy men of the Elders of Israel that you know that they are the Elders of the people and its magistrates.” (11:16)
The question arises: how did this answer Moshe’s entreaty? Moshe had said “From where should [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
As we approach the subject of the Dor Hamidbar (the generation of the Wilderness), also known as the Dor Deah (the generation of True Knowledge), let us keep constantly before our eyes that this era was the time when Hashem’s love was strongest. These [Read more...]