As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“Lift up the head of all the congregation.” (1:2)
An even more important aspect of counting them is in order to demonstrate their Eternity. Just as one counts his treasures which he wishes to cherish forever, so also Hashem numbers His people because He [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
Perke Abot
“He (R’ Hanina Ben Dosa) said, If the spirit of one’s fellows is pleased with him, then the spirit of Hashem is pleased with him; but if the spirit of one’s fellow is not pleased with him, the spirit of Hashem is not [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
Perke Abot
“Rabbi Yossi says: …and let all your deeds be for the sake of Heaven.” (Abot 2:12)
Rabbi Yossi was one of the five greatest disciples of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakai. He was a Cohen and was noted to be a “Haseed,” who served Hashem [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
Perke Abot
“Derech eretz precedes the acquisition of Torah.”
We traditionally study the Mishnayot of Perke Abot, The Ethics of the Fathers, during the weeks between Pesach and Shavuot. These Mishnayot are especially selected because of the instruction/mussar of our great Sages, through the practice of [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And you should love your fellowman as yourself.” (19:18)
If such is the obligation toward one fellow Israelite, then how vastly must we love the entire people of Hashem! This intense love for our people, and even for a single one of our nation, actually [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
The Song of the Sea is read from the Torah every year when the weekly Perashah is read, and it is read on the seventh day of Pesach, and it is recited daily in our prayers; and so it shall be until forever. [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And Hashem shall pass over to smite Egypt and He shall see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Hashem will pass over (U’Pasach) the door and will not allow the Desroyer to come into your houses to smite.” (Shemot [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And I shall smite every first-born in the land of Egypt, from man to beast.” (12:12)
This was a demonstration of Israel’s distinction as the first-born of Hashem. (4:22) This principle of Israel’s distinction is so important that it merited the destruction of a great [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“A plague of Leprosy.” (13:2)
As a preface to this important subject, we must note our dread of this fearsome malady and our sympathy for the man that experienced the symptoms of leprosy and the extreme hardships which he is forced to endure as a [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And you shall make yourselves holy and you shall become holy.” (11:44)
The purpose of refraining from the forbidden foods is that you should make yourself holy; And as a result of your efforts, you are assured by Hashem that you shall become holy. “A [Read more...]