by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jun 30, 2017 | Sefer Bamidbar, Chukat
When we pray, we are supposed to consider ourselves and visualize that we are standing directly in front of G-d. How can this be? G-d has no image that we can conceive of. As soon as we have any visual association of G-d, we’ve already gone wrong. Whether you’re...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jun 23, 2017 | Sefer Bamidbar, Korach
I was recently reading the great book of letters by the Steipler Rav, “Kiryana D’Igrasa”. In one of these, he was responding to a correspondent who had listed some of his problems. It should be emphasized that the Steipler was not one to make light of other people’s...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jun 16, 2017 | Sefer Bamidbar, Shelach
The Chafetz Chaim is famous for making the prohibitions of lashon hara more widely known. It is well known that the spies of our parsha spoke lashon hara about Eretz Yisroel. However one could search in vain through the Chafetz Chaim’s great work on the laws of lashon...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jun 9, 2017 | Behaalotcha, Sefer Bamidbar
Moshe Rabeinu has been through a lot in the last two years. He’s been Hashem’s shaliach to bring the people out of Egypt, performed miracles, split the sea, not to mention being the conduit for Torah descending from Heaven to Earth. You might think that he would...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 10, 2017 | Tetzaveh
There are a few things in the Mishkan and in the Beit HaMikdosh that were Tamid or constant. Ner Tamid = There was always a fire burning. Korban Tamid – There was a sacrifice offered daily and then a third which is not usually on the list. “And Aaron shall bear...
