As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“You shall be wholehearted with Hashem your G-d.” (18:13)
‘Tamim’ means “complete” or “perfect.” Rabbenu Yonah (Shaare Teshuva 3:17) explains that perfection in Trust in Hashem (Bitachon) is here commanded. This comes to exclude the practices enumerated in the preceding verses (18:9-12). These [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And you shall eat there before Hashem your G-d, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.” (14:26)
To speak in prayer or praise seems more proper “Before Hashem,” but to eat before Hashem seems animalistic and insolent. But this form of service “before [Read more...]

As Heard from Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZT”L
“And You shall bless Hashem.” (8:10)
The word U’Berachta (you shall bless) is from Barech, derived from Berech (a knee). It literally means not “bless” but “to bend the knees” in humility of deep gratitude. When one receives a gift from a Donor to Whom [Read more...]

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 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...]