Peeking Into Olam Haba
Give us two minutes… we’ll give you the World to Come.
These are talks on Rav Avigdor Miller on Olam Haba, read by Yaakov Astor. They began as short daily pieces for a WhatsApp group, so as you listen you will hear “today we’re on page…” and “we’ll continue tomorrow.” Each part below puts together the pieces on one section of the book.
Why Study Olam Haba?
Episodes 1–8 · Introduction and chapter 1 (pages 17–40)
The airplane mashal, how the book came to be, Esav and the bechorah, and the foundation of foundations.
Singing in This World
Episodes 9–19 · Pages 42–49
Living for the next world means enjoying this one: a glass of water, breakfast, a good night’s sleep.
Serious, and Still Happy
Episodes 20–26 · Pages 49–57
The chassid in the cemetery, simchah as the oil of the machine, and keeping quiet under insult.
The Edgewater Men
Episodes 27–36 · Pages 57–59
Eight of the richest men of 1923 met at a hotel in Chicago. This is how each one ended.
The Princess and the Peasant
Episodes 37–41 · Pages 59–62
The soul as a princess living in a peasant’s hut, and what this world can give her.
Never Satisfied
Episodes 42–53 · Pages 62–70
Why man alone is never satisfied: Bessie the cow, the tin rabbit, and the hundred that wants two hundred.
Come to Cheshbon
Episodes 54–61 · Pages 70–76
Sichon and the city of Cheshbon, and what it means to make an accounting of the soul.
The Bulldozer and the Afikoman
Episodes 62–71 · Pages 76–83
A house in Massachusetts, cheap tefillin, the afikoman, and an accounting every night.
Rav Avigdor Miller on Olam Haba, from Judaica Press